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Bimaristan

A bimaristan (Persian: بيمارستان, romanized: bīmārestān; Arabic: بِيْمَارِسْتَان, romanized: bīmāristān), or simply maristan, known in Arabic as dar al-shifa ("house of healing"; darüşşifa in Turkish), is a hospital in the historic Islamic world.

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• ▸Balmis Expedition
• ▸Horses in warfare
• ▸Catholic Church and health care

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