The influence of theory on the formation of the infirmary during antiquity and the Middle Ages in the West

The modern infirmary is the evolutional product of the dialectic interface between medical theories at each time and the outcome of their application in clinical practice. The infirmary as we know it today did not exist during antiquity, but the different precursors of the modern hospital emerged as...

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Main Authors: Efstathios Drampalos, Vasileios Stogiannos, Panagiotis Psyllakis, Mohammad Sadiq, Ioannis Michos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-03-01
Series:Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
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Online Access:https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/view/123