The evolution of hospitals from Antiquity to the Renaissance

There is some evidence that a kind of hospital already existed towards the end of the 2nd millennium BC in ancient Mesopotamia. In India the monastic system created by the Buddhist religion led to institutionalised health care facilities as early as the 5th century BC, and with the spread of Buddhi...

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Main Authors: Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2005-06-01
Series:Acta Theologica
Online Access:https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/2091
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