One of the most interesting museums in the capital is the Santa Casa de São Paulo museum. It contains almost the entire history of São Paulo medicine.
Including the foundling wheel, introduced in 1825 and deactivated in 1950. In the 125 years of its existence, it has welcomed 4,580 babies.
The campaign against abortion in the United States resulted in the creation of special places to leave newborns of unwanted pregnancies.
Recently, the ban on the installation of abortion clinics for the American population has contributed to the increase of “safe haven baby boxes” in several US states.
In 1999, in Texas, according to the New York Times, the Baby Moses law was introduced to support safe havens for babies, after several women abandoned newborns in dumpsters.
Safe havens consist of a box with a metal drawer containing a temperature-controlled crib. They are installed in fire stations and hospitals in general.
Once opened, when closed, it automatically locks and an alarm is triggered for trained people to remove the baby from the crib and take the necessary measures.
An old piece of wood, the foundling wheel, is on display at the Santa Casa de São Paulo museum.
It is a cylindrical box that rotated in the niche in the wall next to one of the institution’s gates, located on Rua Dona Veridiana, in the Santa Cecília neighborhood. The wall, with bricks replacing marks from the old niche, are still visible.
On the wheel, when a small door was opened, it was possible to deposit the child inside. Then the device was rolled to the other side of the wall. A string, connected to a bell in the nuns’ dormitory, alerted the attention of the nuns to yet another rejected baby.
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