Medicine in Seljuks

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Medicine in Seljuks

• Assist.Prof.Dr. Mehmet KARATAS
• Department of History of Medicine and Ethics

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Medicine in Seljuks (11-13 th centuries)

• Medicine philosophy and practice wasnt different
  from the doctrines which were accepted by the
  Islam Civilizations in this time
• The Hilt theory (humoral theory or 4 temperaments
  theory) is the most common approach

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Medicine in Seljuks

• The social dimension of medicine and the public
  health were important in Seljuks and
  institution-building came to the fore. To this
  end, some health care providers (Darüssifalar)
  were established in Anatolia.

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Health Care Providers-Hospices (Darüssifalar)

• The first one was established by Alparslan in
  Nishapur
• Malikshah established Bimaristan-i Tutusi in
  Baghdad
• Selahaddin Eyyubi in Cairo, Fustat and Akka
• Nureddin Zengi established hospitals in Aleppo
  and Damascus.

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Darüssifa/Darüssihha/Bimaristan

• Physicians
• Kehhaller (ophthalmologists)
• Surgeons
• Pharmacists

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Sivas Darüssifasi
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Sivas Darüssifasi Plani
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Health Care Providers-Hospices (Darüssifalar)
which were established by Seljuks in Anatolia

• Gevher Nesibe Darüssifasi (Kayseri)
• Izzeddin Keykavus Darüssifasi (Sivas)
• Turan Melek Darüssifasi (Divrigi)
• Pervaneoglu Ali Darüssifasi (Kastamonu)
• Muineddin Pervane Darüssifasi (Tokat)
• Anber b. Abdullah Darüssifasi (Amasya)
• Necmettin Ilgazi Maristani (Mardin)

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Divrigi Darüssifasi
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Konya / Ilgin Thermal Springs
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Medicine in Seljuks

• In this period they give weight to medical
  education and they used master-apprentice model.
  They established universities (Medrese)
• Gevher Nesibe Darüssifasi (Kayseri) is used as
  hospital and as school (medical university-tip
  medresesi).

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Seljuk Pharmacy
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Important Physicians of this Period

• Ekmeleddin Nahçuvani (Court physician and
  Mevlanas physician)
• Hekim Bereke (First Medical Book in Turkish
  Language in Anatolia)
• Mutatabbib el Konevi
• Gazanfer Tebrizi
• Hubeys et Tiflisi

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Ekmeleddin Nahçuvani
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Konuyla Ilgili SORU/CEVAP

• Soru 1
• Selçuklu medeniyetindeki tip hangi yönde gelisim
  göstermistir?
• Cevap 1 Darüssifalar kurulmustur.
• Soru 2
• Selçuklu medeniyetindeki tibbi uygulamalardaki
  bilgi kaynagi neydi?
• Cevap 2 Islam dünyasinda kabul gören ögretiler
  ve 4 unsur (hiltlar) kurami kullanildi.

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References

• A. Selim ATAY, Inönü Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi,
  translation
• Tolga GÜVEN, Marmara Üniversitesi Tip Tarihi ve
  Etik AD ders notlari
• Ali Haydar BAYAT, Tip Tarihi
• Emine ATABEK, Sefik GÖRKEY, Baslangicindan
  Rönesansa Kadar Tip Tarihi
• Çaglar Boyu Tip, Roche Yayinlari
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page