Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1913-04-03
The earliest found are those

The earliest found are those or
the good and great king Aseka, In
dia, (B. G. 244), who maintained hos
pitfalls for men and beasts. In the
second century B. c., the king of
Ceylon established eighteen hospit-
ais provided with suitable diet and
medicines.
A. D. 339, the king of Ceylon COM
forted the diseased by providing medi
cal relief and built hospitals for the
sick and asylums for the MANNED.
A, D. 1855. the singhalese kin
built hospitals at the four
gates of his capital, with slaves to
wait upon the sick.
There has been discussion as to
whether or not the ancient Greeks
and Romans had anything akin to
hospitals.
On one side 1t is claimed Greek an
Roman literature give no hint OF
them.
/ Hippocrates makes no reference tc
hospitals, the temples of Esculapius
cannot be classed as such.
! Caesar refers once to regimentl sur
geons. Zenophen mentions that doc
tors were sent to the rear when a
fight was impending.
The Romans had a medical staff
connected with valetudenarium, whic
was a place for the sick.
! The barbarians must have lacked
care for the sick or wounded, as
when the Gauls fell back from the
sack of Athens, their leader advised
that all the wounded including him
self should be killed, so as not to i'm
pede the retreat,
1 But there was found near Zurich re
mains that Indicate something of
the character of a hospital
| 1t contained fourteen rooms, sup
piled with medical pharmacal and
surgical appliances. probes tubes pine
ers, cauterizing instruments and safe
ty pins for bandaging, medical spoons
in bone and silver, measuring YES
sells, Jars and pots for ointments.
I 1t was probably military hospital,
for this was the station of the VII
and VIII legions. The latest date of
/ coins found was that OF Hadrian (117
1881 The ancient Irish had a hospit
al called the" House Of Sorrow'where
i wounded knights and chiefs were
cured.
Army medical service did not i'm
prove rapidly as at the battle of Gre
icy (lS46), thirty thousand English
troops had one surgeon and Is as
sistants.
A. D. S30-379, The Imperial Pontifl
declared his intention of establishing
hospitals in every city of the EN-
pire, and seems to have built com
plete institutions.
A. D. s73, The Emperor endowed {
hospital, which was principally inten
cd for tile reception of lepers, ant
was stirred up to provide for thu
sick on generous scale.
, A. D. S9s, the ample revenues o
the Archbishop of Constantinople we
applied to the establishment of hol
pitals.
A. D. 37O-S0, Valens built a hospi
al at Caesarea, and A. d. 800, Fal
lola built a hospital at Rome an
e gathered from the streets the sicl
MANNED and the suffering.
: When the vandals sacked Ron
(455) the Bishop of Carthage CO..
g verted churches into hospitals, Il
d the relief of sick and wounded ca
e tives.
, A. D, S4O-6OO. The Nestorin monl
$ devoted themselves to the care
n the sick, "They did mighty goo
u deeds healing the sick"
A. D. 5S2, large hospital W;
l. burned in general conflagration
g Constantinople. and (54S) aims we
d sent to hospitals in Bithnya, {
. most every city of the Empire o
= tanned hospitals by A. d. $50, al
206 of the clergy devoted thel
selves to the healing art.
At Rome, Gregory the Great (590
gave quarterly allowance to Il
y hospitals of Rome
A Moslem hospital was establish
: at Cairo (63S) in repentance of I
- : bloodshed in the capture of the Gil