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===Insane Asylums===

{{Quote||'''Co je učeno:''' Medical treatment for the insane was modernized by Philippe Pinel when in 1793 he operated France's first insane asylum.<BR><BR>'''Co by se mělo učit:''' As early as the 1lth century, Islamic hospitals maintained special wards for the insane. They treated them kindly and presumed their disease was real at a time when the insane were routinely burned alive in Europe as witches and sorcerers. A curative approach was taken for mental illness and, for the first time in history, the mentally ill were treated with supportive care, drugs and psychotherapy. Every major Islamic city maintained an insane asylum where patients were treated at no charge. In fact, the Islamic system for the treatment of the insane excels in comparison to the current model, as it was more humane and was highly effective as well.<ref name="Dr K. Ajram"></ref>}}

There is evidence that the institution of the hospital, including the wards for the insane, was inherited by the Muslims from both the Persians and the Byzantines. Already before the rise of Islam, the hospital at Jundhapur, near the present Persian city of Ahvaz, was a major medical institution which, in addition to the care of patients, medical instruction was carried out on an extensive basis. There were also hospitals established by Byzantines in their eastern provinces such as [[Syria]] which became rapidly integrated into the Islamic world.<ref>Seyyed Hossein Nasr - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.oocities.org/mutmainaa/food/hospital_islam.html|2=2011-04-18}} Islamic Science, an illustrated study] - Kazi Publications, 2007, p.154, ISBN 9781567443127</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Byzantine_medicine&oldid=397780389 Byzantine medicine/ Hospitals] - Wikipedia, accessed April 18, 2011</ref>