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Rotunda
Rotunda (Dublin Lying‐in Hospital), the oldest maternity hospital in the British Isles. Opened by Bartholomew Mosse (1712–59) in a private house in 1745, it moved in 1757 into its present purpose‐built premises, designed by Richard Castle, in Great Britain (now Parnell) Street.
Like most voluntary hospitals of the period, the Rotunda was largely dependent on fundraising and, indeed, excelled in this activity. Pleasure gardens and a rotunda were constructed adjacent to the hospital in the 1760s, followed by assembly rooms in the 1780s. Here Dublin fashionable society could enjoy itself, in the cause of helping the hospital's impoverished patients. Midwifery teaching for both male medical students and female midwives began in the hospital in 1774, helping make Dublin a major international centre for midwifery training (see childbirth). In the early years there was a high death rate among babies born in the hospital, while during the 19th century the deaths of mothers from puerperal fever was a major problem. In the 1860s death rates were so bad that the hospital had to close on several occasions. It was not until the 1880s that adequate antiseptic practices slowly brought this death rate under control. Elizabeth Malcolm |
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"Rotunda." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Rotunda." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Rotunda.html "Rotunda." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Rotunda.html |
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rotunda.
1. Building shaped like a cylinder both inside and outside, especially one covered with a dome, such as the Pantheon in Rome. It may have a peristyle around the exterior (e.g. the drum of the Panthéon crossingdome in Paris by Soufflot) or within it, or both inside and outside (e.g. tholos at Epidaurus). 2. Hall or room shaped like a cylinder contained within a larger building so that the drum is not expressed externally as a totality, but may appear partially as a bow, with or without a cupola over it. |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "rotunda." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "rotunda." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-rotunda.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "rotunda." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-rotunda.html |
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ro·tun·da / rōˈtəndə/ • n. a round building or room, esp. one with a dome. |
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"rotunda." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rotunda." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-rotunda.html "rotunda." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-rotunda.html |
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"rotunda." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rotunda." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-rotunda.html "rotunda." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-rotunda.html |
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