Early Christian Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities

Year 1969, Volume: 22 Issue: 3, 630 - 648, 30.09.1969

Feridun Uzluk

Abstract

The original name of the early Christian Byzantine hospital was xenodochium; translated into Latin, it is domus hospitum, which does not yet suggest a "hospital" in our modern sense—a true hospital—but rather what we call a hospice—a hostel for all, where orphans, widows, pilgrims, and the sick are accommodated alongside the elderly. A xenodochium was thus a "villa languentium," which was also the name given to the institution founded by Pammachius and Fabius in Porto. Later, individual special houses appeared in the Byzantine Empire: the Nosocomium, the actual hospital, the Brephotrophium—the infant home, the Orpha Notrophium—the orphanage, the Ptochotrophium—the widows' home, and the Lobotrophium—the leprosy home.

Keywords

christian , hospital , empire

İlk Hristiyan Hastaneleri ve Sağlık Tesisleri

Abstract

Erken dönem Hristiyan Bizans hastanesinin orijinal adı xenodochium'du; Latinceye çevrildiğinde ise domus hospitum olarak adlandırılır; bu, modern anlamıyla bir "hastane"yi -gerçek bir hastaneyi- değil, daha ziyade hospice dediğimiz, yetimlerin, dulların, hacıların ve hastaların yaşlılarla birlikte barındırıldığı, herkesin kalabileceği bir pansiyonu akla getirir. Dolayısıyla xenodochium, Pammachius ve Fabius tarafından Porto'da kurulan kuruma da verilen ad olan "villa languentium" anlamına gelir. Daha sonra Bizans İmparatorluğu'nda ayrı ayrı özel evler ortaya çıktı: gerçek hastane olan Nosocomium, bebek bakım evi olan Brephotrophium, yetimhane olan Orpha Notrophium, dullar evi olan Ptochotrophium ve cüzzam evi olan Lobotrophium.

Keywords

hristiyan , hastane , imparatorluk

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