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Midwifery: from the Middle Ages until the 18%%sup th/%  century 
midwives were repeatedly persecuted as "witches". From 1643, 
beginnings of a regulated education programme for midwives in Vienna. 
In the 20%%sup th/%  century, midwifery was regulated by the Midwifery 
Act of 1925, since 1994 by federal law. The 'Matura' (Austrian 
school-leaving certificate) is required for attending the college of 
midwifery. Midwives are organised in the Oesterreichisches 
Hebammen-Gremium, a corporation under public law.


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