The Birth of the Hospital in the Byzantine Empire

by Timothy S. Miller

Book Overview

A medical historian argues that the sophisticated medical facilities of the Byzantine Empire are the true ancestors of modern hospitals.

Medical historians have traditionally claimed that modern hospitals emerged during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Premodern hospitals, according to many scholars, existed mainly as refuges for the desperately poor and sick, providing patients with little or no medical care. Challenging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801856574
• ISBN13: 9780801856570
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"