This was supposed to minimize the risk of infections and was considered to be a solution to hospitalism. The pediatrician Meinhard von Pfaundler criticized this approach and argued that this rational and distant care would damage the infants' physical and emotional well-being. He claimed that children needed more external stimulation than was provided in the environment of hospitals.
The aim was to decrease the risk of infections and was viewed as a solution for hospitalism. However, pediatrician Meinhard von Pfaundler objected to this approach, stating that it would negatively impact infants' physical and emotional well-being by being too rational and detached. He argued that children needed more external stimulation than what hospitals offered.