books.google.co.uk - Drawing on New Testament studies and recent scholarship on the expansion of the Christian church, Gary B. Ferngren presents a comprehensive historical account of medicine and medical philanthropy in the first five centuries of the Christian era.Ferngren first describes how early Christians understood...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Medicine_and_Health_Care_in_Early_Christ.html?id=X_j8GNj8VssC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareMedicine and Health Care in Early Christianity