TY - BOOK ID - 21290007 TI - The medieval Islamic hospital : medicine, religion, and charity PY - 2015 SN - 9781107109605 1107109604 9781316271797 9781107524033 1107524032 1316420086 1316419851 1316421007 131642054X 1316420310 1316421465 131627179X 1316418472 PB - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Medicine, Arab KW - Hospitals, Medieval KW - Hospitals KW - History, Medieval KW - Medicine, Arabic KW - Charities KW - Islam KW - Patients KW - Hospitals, Medieval. KW - Medicine, Arab. KW - Verpleging. KW - Hôpitaux KW - Médecine arabe KW - Ziekenhuizen. KW - Islam. KW - history KW - psychology KW - Médecine médiévale KW - Histoire KW - Middle East. KW - Middle East KW - Midden-Oosten. KW - History, Medieval. KW - History. KW - Psychology. KW - history. KW - psychology. KW - Medieval hospitals KW - Arab medicine KW - Medicine, Unani KW - Tibb (Medicine) KW - Unani medicine KW - Unani-Tibb (Medicine) KW - Medicine, Medieval KW - Asia, Western KW - Eastern Mediterranean KW - Eastern Mediterranean Region KW - Fertile Crescent KW - Levant KW - Mideast KW - Near East KW - South West KW - Southwest Asia KW - West Asia KW - Western Asia KW - Asia KW - Gaza Strip (Palestine) KW - Gaza Strip KW - West Bank KW - Asia, South West KW - Asia, Southwest KW - Asia, West KW - East (Middle East) KW - Mediterranean Region, Eastern KW - Northern Tier (Middle East) KW - South West Asia KW - Orient KW - Hôpitaux KW - Médecine arabe KW - Médecine médiévale UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:21290007 AB - The first monograph on the history of Islamic hospitals, this volume focuses on the under-examined Egyptian and Levantine institutions of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries. By the twelfth century, hospitals serving the sick and the poor could be found in nearly every Islamic city. Ahmed Ragab traces the varying origins and development of these institutions, locating them in their urban environments and linking them to charity networks and patrons' political projects. Following the paths of patients inside hospital wards, he investigates who they were and what kinds of experiences they had. The Medieval Islamic Hospital explores the medical networks surrounding early hospitals and sheds light on the particular brand of practice-oriented medicine they helped to develop. Providing a detailed picture of the effect of religion on medieval medicine, it will be essential reading for those interested in history of medicine, history of Islamic sciences, or history of the Mediterranean. ER -