the declaration of christianity accepted religion in roman empire drove expansion of provision of care. following first council of nicaea in a.d. 325 construction of hospital in every cathedral town begun. among earliest built physician saint sampson in constantinople , basil, bishop of caesarea in modern-day turkey. called basilias , latter resembled city , included housing doctors , nurses , separate buildings various classes of patients. there separate section lepers. hospitals maintained libraries , training programmes, , doctors compiled medical , pharmacological studies in manuscripts. in-patient medical care in sense of today consider hospital, invention driven christian mercy , byzantine innovation. byzantine hospital staff included chief physician (archiatroi), professional nurses (hypourgoi) , orderlies (hyperetai). twelfth century, constantinople had 2 well-organised hospitals, staffed doctors both male , female. facilities included systematic treatment procedures , specialised wards various diseases.
a hospital , medical training centre existed @ gundeshapur, major city in southwest of sassanid persian empire founded in a.d. 271 shapur i. large percentage of population syriacs, of whom christians. under rule of khusraw i, refuge granted greek nestorian christian philosophers including scholars of persian school of edessa (urfa) (also called academy of athens), christian theological , medical university. these scholars made way gundeshapur in a.d. 529 following closing of academy emperor justinian. engaged in medical sciences , initiated first translation projects of medical texts. arrival of these medical practitioners edessa marks beginning of hospital , medical centre @ gundeshapur. included medical school , hospital (wēmārestān), pharmacology laboratory, translation house, library , observatory. indian doctors contributed school @ gundeshapur, notably medical researcher mankah. later after islamic invasion, writings of mankah , of indian doctor sustura translated arabic @ baghdad s house of wisdom.
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