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The Medieval Islamic Hospital: Medicine, Religion, and Charity Ragab, Ahmed (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
The Medieval Islamic Hospital: Medicine, Religion, and Charity
Ragab, Ahmed (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
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.
278 pages, 8 b/w illus. 1 map 1 table
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 14, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107109605 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Genre | Religious Orientation > Islamic |
| Pages | 282 |
| Dimensions | 236 × 164 × 23 mm · 568 g |
| Language | English |