Politically, the Ottoman Empire is regarded as a continuation of the Seljuks and Principalities period. As in many fields, the Ottomans took these states as examples in the field of medicine and opened health centers and hospitals all over the country. The total number of physicians who wrote books in the Ottoman period was 1429, and the number of books they wrote was 5607. This determination was made according to the books registered in libraries today. Not every physician wrote a book. Assuming that only one fifth of the physicians wrote a book, it can be said that the total number of physicians in the Ottoman period was around 2800. In addition, the birth places of more than half of the physicians who write books are unknown. In addition, we were able to identify the names of hundred physicians who lived in the Ottoman period and worked in the field of medicine, and provided brief information about their resumes and gave the names of the works they wrote. Undoubtedly, the number of doctors living in the Balkans during the Ottoman period should be five to ten times more than this.On the other hand, it is noteworthy that the number of non-Muslim doctors who worked in the field of medicine, both on all Ottoman lands and specifically in the Balkans, is quite low.It is seen that only five out of a hundred physicians are non-Muslims.
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Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 30, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 |