[The "nestorian" doctors from the VIth to the VIIIth century]

As soon as the VIth century, medicine was studied in Nisibis by the "nestorians". The studies' syllabus was approximately the same as the one of Alexandria. The town hospital allowed to put into practice the acquired knowledge. Among the doctors trained at this school, we are only acquainted with those who took part in the "nestorian" Church'life. A second school had been founded in Jundishapur. The "nestorians" held there an important place.