The rise of the modern hospital<span> began in Paris when the social change brought ... of the pre-modern</span>hospitals<span> between the late Antiquity and </span>early modern period<span>. ... Dubrovnik shared many similarities, they </span>were<span> also profoundly </span>different<span>.</span>
Most hospitals were almshouses for the elderly and infirm, which provided basic nursing, but no medical treatment. Other hospitals, eg Ysbyty Ifan in Clwyd were situated on important pilgrimage routes and were set up as hostels for pilgrims. There were also leper hospitals.
