A unique exhibition to commemorate the forming of the Ear Sanatorium in Vienna in 1873 makes a speciality of the human listening to organ. The use of items from the Josephinum’s collections, it supplies insights into the thrilling historical past of otology.
The Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in Vienna, based by means of Emperor Joseph II in 1779 next his consult with to Paris, can also be traced again, like such a lot else, to Joseph’s travels. It made it conceivable to serve habitual instruction, in particular in signal language and spoken language. In 1873, the occasion of the Vienna Global Exhibition, the arena’s first specialised college ear health facility opened in Vienna. Unutilized tools, diagnostic procedures and coverings had been advanced that was world-famous and laid the principles for contemporary otology. Virtually 100 years then, the advance of the cochlear implant in Austria spread out a fresh space within the remedy of extreme listening to issues.
“The Vienna University Clinic with its important doctors from Adam Politzer to Nobel Prize winner Robert Bárany paved the way for great achievements in medicine,” says Christiane Druml, Director of the Josephinum, “in close cooperation with today’s University Clinic, we show the constantly progressing scientific development from 1873 to the treatment of severe hearing disorders with the cochlear implant.”
The Josephinum is in ownership of items that serve an perception into the a hit construction of otology. The exhibition is given a distinct personality by means of contributions from recent artists equivalent to Jeremias Altmann, Christina Gruber, Meret Oppenheim, Katharina Sabernig and Nives Widauer, which enhance the ancient items with their particular connection with the ear.
Particular exhibition De Auribus
Exhibition length: January 26 – October 5, 2024
Curator: Daniela Hahn
Clinical recommendation: Wolf-Dieter Baumgartner & Herwig Czech
Josephinum – Museum of Scientific Historical past Vienna
Währinger Straße 25, 1090 Vienna; www.josephinum.ac.at
Opening hours Wed-Sat, 10.00-18.00, Thu, 10.00-20.00
Guided excursions: Thursdays 18.30, Saturdays 11.00
