List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Hôpitaux et médecins avicenniens en Iran à l'époque safavide; Hospitals in Safavid and Qajar Iran: An Enquiry into Their Number, Growth and Importance; Des particuliers au service du peuple. Le rôle des vaqf dans la fondation d'hôpitaux en Iran au début du XXe siècle; Together and Apart: Catholic Hospitals in Plural Goa; Tradition et réforme du dar al-šifa au Deccan; Healing the People and the Princes: Hospitals,?akims and Doctors in Bhopal; Hamdard, How to Share Pain in a Muslim Way; Glossary; List of Abstracts; Index.
Summary
This work presents a significant panorama of studies on the history and role of hospitals in the Indo-Iranian world during the early modern and the modern periods when both traditional Avicennian medicine as well as Western medicine were practiced.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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