The Medieval Islamic Hospital : Medicine, Religion, and Charity (Hardcover)

Introduction; Prologue: a tale of two b?m?rist?ns; Part I. Building a B?m?rist?n: 1. From Jerusalem to Damascus: the monumental b?m?rist?ns of the Levant; 2. Reclaiming the past: the (new) b?m?rist?ns of Egypt; 3. 'The best of deeds': medical patronage in Mamluk Egypt; Part II. Physicians and Patients: 4. Theory and practice: the reign of the b?m?rist?n physicians; 5. 'A house for king and slave': the patients of the b?m?rist?n; Conclusion; Annex: who built the first Islamic hospital?