On the Origin of Hospitals for the Sick
Q, Edinburgh
Genre: | Letter |
Subjects: | Hospitals, Surgery, Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment, |
People mentioned: | Hippocrates, Horace, Juvenal, Emperor Claudius I, Emperor Constantine I, Emperor Justinian I, Emperor Julian, St Jerome, St Isidore, William Stark |
Publications cited: | Beckmann 1814 |
Presents a short history of hospital provision 'for the sick' from ancient Greece, through the Roman empire, to contemporary hospitals in Paris and Glasgow. | |
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