The number of patients was unlimited, every sick or poor person who came found admittance, nor was the duration of his stay restricted, and even those who were sick at home were supplied with every necessity."-- Makrizi.
"In later times this hospital was much extended and improved.

The nursing was admirable and no stint was made of drugs and appliances; each patient was provided with means upon leaving so that he should not require immediately to undertake heavy work." Neuburger: History of Medicine, Vol.

1, p.

378.
It was in the domain of chemistry that the Arabs made the greatest advances.

You may remember that, in Egypt, chemistry had already made considerable strides, and I alluded to Prof.Elliot Smith's view that one of the great leaps in civilization was the discovery in the Nile Valley of the metallurgy of copper.