Hospitals

• Infectious Disease

  • Many hospitals turned away people with infectious diseases such as leprosy (a contagious disease originating in the Middle East) were sent to Lazar Houses (built outside of towns).
• Funding

  • Hospitals funded by Christian Church & depended on charity for money.
  • Poor and sick could receive help in monasteries.
  • Hospitals for people who could afford it and weren't contagious.
  • Mental Asylums were for the mentally ill.
• Routine

  • Hospital treatment was based around sin, praying and preparing to die.
  • Disease seen as a punishment from God.
  • Priests say mass each day.
  • Rest and Pray.
• Types of Hospitals

  • Lazar Hospitals: Lepers (people with leprosy).
  • Monasteries: For the poor/sick.
  • Bedlum: For the mentally ill.
  • Almshouses: For pregnant women.