Description
| Product ID: | 9781107524033 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Medieval Islamic Hospital |
| Subtitle: | Medicine, Religion, and Charity |
| Authors: | Author: Ahmed Ragab |
| Page Count: | 281 |
| Subjects: | Islam, Islam, Health systems and services, History of medicine, Health systems & services, History of medicine, Middle East, c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The first monograph on Islamic hospitals, this volume examines their origins, development, and architecture; their role in charity networks and political projects; and their connections to non-Islamic institutions. Ahmed Ragab sheds light on who medieval hospital patients were and how early hospital medicine differed from other forms of medical practice. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-04-12 |
