{"product_id":"the-birth-of-the-hospital-in-the-byzantine-empire-paperback","title":"The Birth of the Hospital in the Byzantine Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy S. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA medical historian argues that the sophisticated medical facilities of the Byzantine Empire are the true ancestors of modern hospitals. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedical historians have traditionally claimed that modern hospitals emerged during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Premodern hospitals, according to many scholars, existed mainly as refuges for the desperately poor and sick, providing patients with little or no medical care. Challenging this view in a compelling survey of hospitals in the East Roman Empire, Timothy Miller traces the birth and development of Byzantine \u003ci\u003exenones\u003c\/i\u003e, or hospitals, from their emergence in the fourth century to their decline in the fifteenth century, just prior to the Turkish conquest of Constantinople. These sophisticated medical facilities, he concludes, are the true ancestors of modern hospitals. In a new introduction to this paperback edition, Miller describes the growing scholarship on this subject in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedical historians have traditionally claimed that modern hospitals emerged during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Premodern hospitals, according to many scholars, existed mainly as refuges for the desperately poor and sick, providing patients with little or no medical care. Challenging this view in a compelling survey of hospitals in the East Roman Empire, this author traces the birth and development of Byzantine xenones, or hospitals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy S. Miller \u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of history at Salisbury State University in Salisbury, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.95 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752183824672,"sku":"9780801856570","price":54.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8417e394a7f1d4de43bbd2791a7fc404.webp?v=1779989506","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-birth-of-the-hospital-in-the-byzantine-empire-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}