Medieval hospitals

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What were hospitals originally?
Guest houses
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How many hospitals were set up in England and Wales?
Over 1000
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Who would typically run the hospitals?
Nuns and monks because it was part of their Christian duties to care for sick
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What did they think caused disease and illness?
Religion, illness was punishment for sins
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What did they think disfigurement was a sign of?
Evil and sin
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People who had infectious diseases or incurable illnesses would not. .
Be admitted to the hospitals
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What did they do to patients beds?
Angle them to face at religious status etc to remind them of religion
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Where were women welcomed at nurses?
Great Hospital in Norwich
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Quarantines set up for, ,
Lepers
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Lepers had to what?
Carry a bell to warn people
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Pest houses set up for..
Plague sufferers
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