FROM HOTEL TO HOSPITAL Hospitality, shelter, foreigners, strangers; all these words bring the meaning hotel to mind. At first, that is exactly what a hospital was. The word ‘hospital’ derives from the Latin word ‘hospes’ meaning guest. Gradually these places catered to the aged and sick, and a variety of institutions came into being. During the Medieval period people started to realize the need for social assistance for sickness or other mishaps. From the Muslim …showed first 75 words of 886 total…

…showed last 75 words of 886 total…the last ten years all date back to the beginning of those so called “hotels.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited Hayes, Carlton, and Parker Moon. “Ancient and Medieval History.” New York: MacMillian Company, 1935. Manco, Jean. “Shelter in Old Age.” 23 Spet. 1999. http://www.jams.swinternet.co.uk/Bath/Medieval/Shelter.htm (13 Mar. 2001). Markham, Margaret. “Medieval Hospitals.” 17 Sept. 1996 http://www.wantage.com/museum/Local_Hisotry/Medieval_Hospitals.html (18 Mar. 2001). Rosen, George. “Hospitals in the Middle Ages.” Encyclopedia Americana. 1991.