Doctors, families and the industry in the clinic: the management of ‘intersex’ children in Swiss paediatric medicine (1945–1970)

Janett, Mirjam; Althaus, Andrea; Hulverscheidt, Marion; Gobet, Rita; Streuli, Jürg; Condrau, Flurin

doi:10.1017/mdh.2021.17

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Janett, M., Althaus, A., Hulverscheidt, M., Gobet, R., Streuli, J., & Condrau, F. (2021). Doctors, families and the industry in the clinic: the management of ‘intersex’ children in Swiss paediatric medicine (1945–1970). Medical History, 65(3), 286–305. https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2021.17

Abstract

This manuscript investigates clinical decisions and the management of ‘intersex’ children at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich between 1945 and 1970. This was an era of rapid change in paediatric medicine, something that was mirrored in Zurich. Andrea Prader, the principal figure in this paper, started his career during the late 1940s and was instrumental in moving the hospital towards focusing more on expertise in chronic diseases. Starting in 1950, he helped the Zurich hospital to become the premier centre for the treatment