> Where do you think the first hospitals came from?
Well, lessee:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital
"In ancient cultures religion and medicine were linked. The earliest known institutions aiming to provide cure were Egyptian temples. Greek temples dedicated to the healer-god Asclepius might admit the sick, who would wait for guidance from the god in a dream. The Romans adopted his worship. Under his Roman name Æsculapius, he was proved with a temple (291 B.C.) on a island in the Tiber in Rome, where similar rites were performed.
"The first institutions created specifically to care for the sick appeared in India. Brahmantic hospitals were established in Sri Lanka by 431 B.C., and King Ashoka founded 18 hospitals in Hindustan c.230 B.C. The latter were provided with physicians and nurses, and supported from royal funds.
"The first teaching hospital, however, where students were authorized to methodically practice on patients under the supervision of physicians as part of their education, was the Academy of Gundishapur in the Persian Empire."
> frauds infect all ideologies
Well, DUH.
Your always at your best when you condescend, aren't you?
Duh. What portion of my WESTERN civ reference did you miss? Last I heard, Persia, India, and the likes were EASTERN civilizations. If you'd read carefully, you'd avoid embarassing mistakes.
And what portion of Prof. Patsch's science cash and science bling do you agree with?