List of traditional hospitals for Arabic medicine

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This is a list of traditional Arabic medicine hospitals . The first hospital in the modern sense was opened in Baghdad during the reign of Hārūn ar-Rashīd .

Overview

  • as-Salahani-Hospital (built by the Crusaders in Jerusalem in 1055 as Saint John Hospital, renamed as-Salahani-Hospital in 1187. Salah ad-Din expanded the hospital and it was used until 1458 when it was destroyed by an earthquake)
  • Delhi Hospitals: many madrasas and hospitals in Delhi from the 14th century

See also

literature

  • Nurdeen Deuraseh: "Medical Care during the Middle Ages" ( PFD file ; MS Word ; 118 kB)

Web links