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What was a hospital? It was where diseases were treated with treatment methods that were based on humanity’s knowledge of the human body. Hospitals in ancient times were basically a place for sorcery. Their idea of treatment was to light a fire and pray; it wasn’t really much of a hospital.
Ancient Greece created the first medical profession that was separated from the clergy. It was a prototype of the modern hospital system. The naturalist view of disease was first established, but most of the treatment was still sorcery-like. For example, they believed that one could relax their mind and have their disease cured by drinking spring water, bathing cleanly, and going through a quiet tunnel leading to the healing room. It was shocking, but back then, this method and extracting blood was considered to be a treatment method.
In Rome, a treatment center was created. It was the point where it began to be systemized and more scientific in many different ways. Significantly improved hospitals began appearing In the Islamic world during the Middle Ages; they even had a separate psychiatric department, taught professional doctors, and created a code of ethics, although their level of knowledge was quite low. It was funny in that most of the treatment was free and they gave discharged patients money for living...



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