Hospitals - Medieval

• What were hospitals like?


  • Ran by the church
  • provided warmth
  • care and prayers
• How were patients in hospitals treated?


  • Emphasis on God’s healing power
  • focus on ’care not cure’
  • patients given food and warmth to make them comfortable
  • monks would pray and go to mass several times a day
• What was the churchs approach to treating disease?


  ‘care not cure’ attitude, followed Jesus’ example in caring for the sick
• How many hospitals built?


  Over 700 hospitals in England between 1000 and 1500
• Islam and Arab hospitals

  • medical students trained with doctors
  • first hospitals for mental health were created