Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Orphanages

Institutions for the housing and care of orphans, foundlings, and abandoned children. They have existed as such since the medieval period but the heading is applicable to such usage also in modern parlance.

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Abstract

Institutions for the housing and care of orphans, foundlings, and abandoned children. They have existed as such since the medieval period but the heading is applicable to such usage also in modern parlance.

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  • Orphanage

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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  1. J03.775.640w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Orphanages. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019372. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019372
  2. Orphanages. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanage
  3. Orphanages. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160645