Dr. Kramer Marries a Nun (1842)
Long before Florence Nightingale becomes a legend in the foundation of modern nursing, Catholic religious nuns organized and administered in European hospitals. In the German state of Prussia, a young woman named Elizabeth Rump elects to become a nun working in the field of health care.* Elizabeth takes a vow of poverty and commits herself to live interdependently within a community of nuns. She also takes a vow of obedience in which she agrees to obey her religious superiors. And finally, she takes the vow of celibacy in which she agrees, before God, to never marry. With this, she can give all her love to God. This vow includes abstaining from all indulgence of sexual pleasure. Sister Elizabeth has chosen to …show more content…
They may have traveled, possibly by boat, to the city of Bonn to visit Theodore’s relatives.* Krefeld is located near the Rhine River while Bonn is a city on the banks of the Rhine. Although travel by water can sometimes be hazardous, steamships are prevalent on the Rhine and presumably, the Kramer family travels on them. Although decent roads are becoming more prevalent, overland Prussian travelers routinely complain about sandy roads that turn to churning mud when it rains, creating ruts that swallow carriages up to the axles. Traveling long distances in horse-drawn carriages with a family of five is less likely. There is, of course, the railway that could have been used to transport a family to locations outside of Krefeld. (K324)
*The distance between the cities of Krefeld and Bonn is approximately 50 miles.
In 1848, Krefeld consists mostly of narrow, twisting streets. Pavements are rare, and the lighting is poor. Large numbers of livestock and poultry continue to share the cramped urban spaces with the human population, while the absence of central water or sewerage installations means that water carriers and human waste are both familiar sights on the street. Despite the efforts of men like Dr. Kramer, the Prussian towns, such as Krefeld, often kill their inhabitants in such numbers that they depend on a continuing flow of migration from surrounding areas to keep their population growing.
Long before Florence Nightingale becomes a legend in the foundation of modern nursing, Catholic religious nuns organized and administered in European hospitals. In the German state of Prussia, a young woman named Elizabeth Rump elects to become a nun working in the field of health care.* Elizabeth takes a vow of poverty and commits herself to live interdependently within a community of nuns. She also takes a vow of obedience in which she agrees to obey her religious superiors. And finally, she takes the vow of celibacy in which she agrees, before God, to never marry. With this, she can give all her love to God. This vow includes abstaining from all indulgence of sexual pleasure. Sister Elizabeth has chosen to …show more content…
They may have traveled, possibly by boat, to the city of Bonn to visit Theodore’s relatives.* Krefeld is located near the Rhine River while Bonn is a city on the banks of the Rhine. Although travel by water can sometimes be hazardous, steamships are prevalent on the Rhine and presumably, the Kramer family travels on them. Although decent roads are becoming more prevalent, overland Prussian travelers routinely complain about sandy roads that turn to churning mud when it rains, creating ruts that swallow carriages up to the axles. Traveling long distances in horse-drawn carriages with a family of five is less likely. There is, of course, the railway that could have been used to transport a family to locations outside of Krefeld. (K324)
*The distance between the cities of Krefeld and Bonn is approximately 50 miles.
In 1848, Krefeld consists mostly of narrow, twisting streets. Pavements are rare, and the lighting is poor. Large numbers of livestock and poultry continue to share the cramped urban spaces with the human population, while the absence of central water or sewerage installations means that water carriers and human waste are both familiar sights on the street. Despite the efforts of men like Dr. Kramer, the Prussian towns, such as Krefeld, often kill their inhabitants in such numbers that they depend on a continuing flow of migration from surrounding areas to keep their population growing.