The Medieval Islamic Hospital

Ahmed (Harvard University, Massachusetts) Ragab

Cambridge University Press, 2018

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The first monograph on Islamic hospitals, this volume examines their origins, development, and architecture; their role in charity networks and political projects; and their connections to non-Islamic institutions. Ahmed Ragab sheds light on who medieval hospital patients were and how early hospital medicine differed from other forms of medical practice.

ISBN-13
9781107524033
ISBN-10
1107524032
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2018
Publication date
2018-04-12
Pages
282
Dimensions
152x229x19
Weight
436