Show Hospitals for the Sick The Tha contention that hospitals for tor forthe forthe the care of the sick and Infirm are the product of Christianity Is probably correct Although In ancient times there may have been places for tor the reception of strangers and travelers ItIs it itIs itis Is quite doubtful if there was anything anything any any- thing of or the nature of charitable institutions institutions in In- for tor the reception and regular regular regu regu- lar care of ot the sick falck The Bethesda of ot Scripture was probably no more than a collection ot of sheds built round tho the ports of ot alleged miraculous pools Among the tho Greeks and Romans there Is to be found but little evidence of the existence of or hospitals In our sense of the v word ord |