Yaşadığı çağda efsane olmuş bir tıp insanın işyeri hekimi olarak çalışması: Rudolf Virchow ve Troya

Year 2018, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 167 - 171, 17.09.2018

Kürşat Epöztürk Şefik Görkey

https://doi.org/10.31020/mutftd.428712

Abstract

Hücre teorisini tıbba
uyarlayan ünlü hekim Rudolf Virchow arkeoloji ile de ilgilenmiştir. 1879
yılında antik Troya kenti kazılarında Heinrich Schliemann’a eşlik etmiştir. Schliemann’ın
Ilios-The City and Country of the Trojans
(Troyalıların Şehri ve Ülkesi İlios) başlıklı kitabında, Virchow önsözün
yanı sıra iki de ek (Troy and Hissarlik,
Medical Practice in the Troad in 1879) yazmıştır. Tıp tarihi açısından daha
önemli olan ikinci ekte, işyeri hekimi olarak çalıştığından bahsetmiştir. 2018
yılının Türkiye’de Troya Yılı olarak ilan edilmesi münasebetiyle, bu makale tıp
tarihindeki dev bir ismin az bilinen bir yönünü hatırlatmayı amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

arkeoloji, patoloji, Rudolf Virchow

A living legend of medicine working as on-site physician: Rudolf Virchow in Troy

Abstract

Rudolf Virchow, a well-known physician
who adapted the cell theory into the medicine, was also interested in
archeology. In 1879, he accompanied Heinrich Schliemann at the excavation site
of the antique city of Troy. In the book entitled Ilios-The City and Country of
the Trojans by Schliemann, Virchow wrote not only the preface but also two appendices,
namely Troy and Hissarlik, and Medical Practice in the Troad in 1879. In the
latter that is more important with regard to medical history, he communicated
his practice as on-site physician. On the occasion of the declaration of 2018
Year of Troia in Turkey, this article aims to remind a lesser-known feature of
a giant name in the history of medicine.

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