Hospital

Japanese: hospitium
Hospital

... refers to a type of charity hospital established to treat the illnesses of the poor free of charge. The origin of this word comes from the Latin hospitium, which originally meant "a place to receive guests." Ancient priests had the functions of both physicians and shamans, and Greek temples were dedicated to Asclepius (the god of medicine) and Hygieia (the goddess of health), and were used as training centers for physicians and as sanatoriums for the sick.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "hospitium" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…無料で貧民の病気を治療するために設立された一種の慈恵病院をいう。この言葉の語源はラテン語のホスピティウムhospitiumから来ており,原義は〈客人hospesを迎える場所〉である。古代の聖職者は医師とまじない師の性格を兼ねており,ギリシアの神殿ではアスクレピオス(医術の神),ヒュギエイアHygieia(健康をつかさどる女神)がまつられ,医者の養成所として,また病人の療養所として使われた。…

※「hospitium」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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