THE HISTORY OF HOSPITALS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Henry R. Carstens
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1936)

Article1 November 1936THE HISTORY OF HOSPITALS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST INSTITUTIONSHENRY R. CARSTENS, M.D., F.A.C.P.HENRY R. CARSTENS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-5-670 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAmong the living institutions established by man, few have enjoyed a longer or more honorable history than hospitals. In very early documents, institutions are mentioned which may well be the prototypes of our modern hospitals. Such establishments were known in Ceylon, in India (for animals, as well as man), in Greece (in connection with some of the temples), and even in Ireland. With the exception of some of those in India, none are known to have existed for very long, at least not into the modern times.As Christianity spread through Europe, a practical manifestation of its charitable teachings was...Bibliography BEY AI: Histoire des Bimaristans (Hôpitaux) a l'Epoque Islamique; Paul Barbey, Cairo, 1928. Google Scholar BURDETT HC: Hospitals and asylums of the world, London, 1893, iii, 8. Google Scholar CLAY RM: The medieval hospitals of England, London, 1909. Google Scholar GARRISON FH: Introduction to the history of medicine, 4th Ed., 1929, Saunders, Philadelphia, p. 136 and p. 176. Google Scholar GRIFI E: Saunterings in Florence, 1927, Bemporad and Figlio, Florence. Google Scholar LALLEMOND L: Histoire de la charité, 1902-12, 4 Vols., Paris. Google Scholar MACKAY DL: A 13th century hospital, Mod. Hosp., 1921, xvii, 10. Google Scholar MACKAY DL: Les hôpitaux et la charité à Paris au XIIIe siècle, 1923, Champion, Paris. Google Scholar MANCHESTER HH: Some precursors of modern hospitals three centuries ago, Mod. Hosp., 1924, xxiii, 511. Google Scholar MILLER VB: A short history of hospitals, Mod. Hosp., 1926, xxvi, 161. Google Scholar NUTTINGDOCK MALL: A history of nursing, 1907, New York, Vol. 2, p. 32. Google Scholar PACKARD FR: Medicine in Philadelphia in the eighteenth century, Ann. Med. History, 1933, v, 135. Google Scholar Relazione Storico-Descrittiva del R. Spedale degli Innocenti "Brefotrofio" di Firenze, 1923, Stabilimento Tipografico E. Ariani, Florence. Google Scholar STEIN H: L'Hotel Dieu de Beaune, 1933, Laurens, Paris. Google Scholar SUDHOFF K: Aus der Geschichte des Krankenhauswesens in Frueheren Mittelalter im Morgenland und Abendland: Ergeb. und Fortschritte des Krankenhauswesens, 1913, ii, Jena. Google Scholar VIRCHOW R: Gesammelte Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Oeffentlichen Medizin und der Seuchenlehre, 1879, ii, 1-130, Berlin. Includes: Über Hospitaeler und Lazarette, p. 6, and Der Hospitaliter Orden vom Heiligen Geist, zumal in Deutschland, p. 23 (Monatsbericht d. K. Akad. d. Wissensch. zu Berlin, 1877). Google Scholar WARREN WT: St. Cross Hospital, near Winchester, 1899, Winchester and London. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Detroit, Michigan*Read at the Detroit meeting of the American College of Physicians, March 2, 1936. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCan hospitalization be hazardous to your health? A nosocomial based stress model for hospitalizationOs hospitais universitários federais e suas missões institucionais no passado e no presente 1 November 1936Volume 10, Issue 5Page: 670-682 ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1936 PDF downloadLoading ...