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Hospital Definition–noun | 1. | an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment. | |
| 2. | a similar establishment for the care of animals. | | 3. | a repair shop for specific portable objects: violin hospital; doll hospital. | | 4. | British. an institution supported by charity or taxes for the care of the needy, as an orphanage or old people's home. | |
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an institution that is built, staffed, and equipped for the diagnosis of disease; for the treatment, both medical and surgical, of the sick and the injured; and for their housing during this process. ...
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oldest hospital in London. It lies just southeast of the Central Markets in the Smithfield area of the City of London. It was founded in 1123 by the Augustinian monk Rahere, who also founded the ...
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one of the largest lotteries promoted internationally; it was authorized by the Irish government in 1930 to benefit Irish hospitals. A private trust was formed to run the lottery and market tickets ...
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religious order that played a major role in eastern Europe in the late Middle Ages and that underwent various changes in organization and residence from its founding in 1189/90 to the present. Its ...
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The history of London's great hospitals begins with medieval monastic charity. St. Bartholomew's (the oldest) was founded in 1123 and St. Thomas's at Lambeth about 1213. The other main ...
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During the late 1800s the modern concept of a hospital began to take shape. During this period some of the hospitals connected with medical schools inaugurated outpatient departments for the purposes ...
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The spread of Western medicine and the founding of hospitals in the developing countries can be attributed in large part to the influence of the medical missionary. The establishment of mission ...
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