Groundbreaking Ceremony of an Ottoman Hospital in Iskenderun, 1890s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe historical “dar\u00fc\u015f\u015fifa” (hospital in Turkish) in Sultan Beyazid II Social Complex in the northwestern province Edirne was famous for alternative treatment methods from the 15th to 19th centuries. Alongside water, sound and scent therapies, Ottoman physicians used music to treat their patients.<\/p>\n
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The Ottoman Empire has shown us how their societies exhibited the contemporary approach to illness and disease. Their hospitals demonstrate the early modern period in the field of medicine. They built several hospitals dedicated solely for the poor, women, children, and mentally challenged individuals of their territory.<\/span><\/p>\nAn Ottoman Hospital in Dedeagach (Alexandroupoli, Greece), 1899<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Ottoman government initiated several reforms in the medical services and articulated it to the new public sanitation regulations.<\/p>\nAn Ottoman Hospital in Bolu, 1900s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDuring the Balkan war (1912-1913) infectious diseases such as cholera, smallpox, and typhus caused massive suffering and deaths among its soldiers. The army died of these deadly infections rather than the bullets.<\/p>\nOttoman Women’s Hospital, Istanbul, 1890s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo, the ministries of war and health worked together to publish an instructional manual, listing precautionary measures and sanitary guidelines to educate the public about the transmission and dangers of typhus.<\/p>\nAn Ottoman Hospital in Ordu, 1895<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nApart from the health policies the X-ray was also added to Ottoman medicine by Esad Feyzi. A year later he installed a Roentgen device in Istanbul and took x ray of the wounded soldiers to check the embedded bullets.<\/p>\nThe decision of the Council of Ministers to give one thousand Ottoman liras as a contribution to the Yedikule Armenian Hospital, May 31, 1916.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEuropean travellers reported the high level of hygiene in the Ottoman world. Ottoman medicine in the mid-nineteenth century also developed institutions for preventative medicine and public health.<\/p>\nAn Ottoman military hospital in Edirne, 1894<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHamidiye Hospital in Urfa, 1906<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAn Ottoman military hospital in Erzincan, 1890’s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOttoman Hospital in Kastamonu, 1900s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAn Ottoman Hospital in Afyonkarahisar, 1900s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHamidiyah Hospital, Bursa 1906s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAn Ottoman Hospital in Dedeagach (Alexandroupoli, Greece), 1899<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAn Ottoman Hospital in Monastir (Bitola, Macedonia), 1900s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAn Ottoman Hospital in Samsun, 1902<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOpening Ceremony of an Ottoman Hospital in Jaffa, Palestine, 1900s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPhotograph showing nurses standing in a window-lined corridor of the surgery building at Haseki Women\u2019s Hospital, Istanbul, ca. 1914\u20131924.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nView of an operation on the patient H\u00fcseyin at Haseki Women\u2019s Hospital, Istanbul, ca. 1903\u20131907.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nGroup portrait of Haseki Women\u2019s Hospital\u2019s medical staff, ca. 1893. Dr. Ahmed Nurettin is third from right, front row.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOttoman Doctors During an Operation, 1895<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOttoman Hospital, Aleppo\u202c\u2069 , \u2066\u202aSyria\u202c\u2069<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAn Ottoman Hospital in \u0130skenderun, 1900s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPhoto<\/span> Source: Ottoman Imperial Archive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The border of the Ottoman Empire outstretched across three continents and extended over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1453],"tags":[1625,1148,890,1238,1624,974,976,1292,1255,1231,1232,631],"yoast_head":"\n
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