By the twelfth century, hospitals serving the sick and the poor could be found in nearly every Islamic city.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📸" title="Kamera mit Blitz" aria-label="Emoji: Kamera mit Blitz">In Egypt, the al-Mansur Qalawun Complex in Cairo includes a hospital, school and mausoleum. It dates from 1284-85.
Islamic hospitals https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☪️" title="Stern und Halbmond" aria-label="Emoji: Stern und Halbmond">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏥" title="Krankenhaus" aria-label="Emoji: Krankenhaus"> were one part of a larger network of charity that included mosques https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🕌" title="Moschee" aria-label="Emoji: Moschee">, public kitchens, charitable hotels, and so many other things that allow these hospitals to focus on working with patients.
Read the translation of a young Frenchman’s letter from a Cordóba hospital in the 10th centuryhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">
Ahmed Ragab, Assistant Professor of Religion and Science at Harvard Divinity School, introduces his shining bookhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Bücher" aria-label="Emoji: Bücher">The Medieval Islamic Hospital: Medicine, Religion and Charity. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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