Hospitals in Iran and India, 1500-1950s /

Hospitals in Iran and India, 1500-1950s /

This volume looks at hospitals in the post-medieval Indo-Iranian world from various perspectives. During the Safavid-Mughal periods hospitals were still tied to Avicennian medicine. However, in Qajar Iran and British India hospitals became important instruments for the spread of modern Western medic...

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Other Authors: Speziale, Fabrizio, 1968-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2012.

Series: Iran Studies 7.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223295.

Subjects:

MEDICAL / Hospital Administration & Care
Hospitals > Iran > History.
Hospitals > India > History.
Medicine > Iran > History.
Medicine > India > History.
Iran > Social conditions.
India > Social conditions.

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Call Number: RA990.I6 H66 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction /
  • Fabrizio Speziale
  • Hôpitaux et médecins avicenniens en Iran à l'époque safavide /
  • Hasan Tadjbakhsh
  • Hospitals in Safavid and Qajar Iran: An Enquiry into Their Number, Growth and Importance /
  • Willem Floor
  • Des particuliers au service du peuple. Le rôle des vaqf dans la fondation d'hôpitaux en Iran au début du XXe siècle /
  • Omid Rezai
  • Together and Apart: Catholic Hospitals in Plural Goa /
  • Cristiana Bastos
  • Tradition et réforme du dār al-šifā au Deccan /
  • Fabrizio Speziale
  • Healing the People and the Princes: Hospitals, Ḥakīms and Doctors in Bhopal /
  • Claudia Preckel
  • Hamdard, How to Share Pain in a Muslim Way /
  • Anna Vanzan
  • Glossary
  • List of Abstracts
  • Index.