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==The Rise of Medieval Hospitals==
With the Muslim conquest, the city and academy in Gundishapur Gondishapur fell into eventual disrepair; however, the knowledge and training were now transferred to Baghdad, as that city became the new center for medical education and development of hospitals. There, knowledge was not only integrated with Sassanid medicine and development of hospitals, but Indian medicine, such as Ayurveda, were incorporated. Lecture rooms, pharmacies and libraries were incorporated in instructions. Hospitals were soon founded in the 7-10th centuries throughout the Middle East, including in Cairo, Damascus, and Baghdad. While hospitals became affiliated with Islamic teaching and instruction, Christians and Jews were active in medical work and developing hospitals. Doctors and medical students began to make rounds and examine patients closely after treatment. Surgery was practiced in theaters where medical students would observe and medical books were also written about surgical practice nd anatomy. In Europe, unlike in the Middle East, hospitals were less secular and affiliated with religious institutions. Monks and priests would often work these institutions. In fact, the establishment of the church with
==Transformation to Modern Institutions==