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The Origins of Islamic Science
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In the following well documented article Dr Muhammad Abdul Jabbar Beg surveys the origins of Islamic science...
Figure 1: Prof. Dr. Ali Haydar. (Source).
Turkish Medical History of the Seljuk Era
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The Great Seljuk state was part of the medieval Islamic civilization. Most of its scientific institutions and...
Figure 1: A detail figure of Divrigi Dar al-Shifa's gate. Ord. Prof. Dr. A. Süheyl Unver Nakishanesi Yorumuyla Divrigi Ulucami ve Sifahanesi Tas Bezemeleri, VIII. Turk Tip Tarihi Kongresi 16-18 Haziran 2004 Sivas-Divrigi (ed. Nil Sari, G. Mesara, N. Colpan), Istanbul 2004, p. 7.
The Medical Organization at the Ottoman Court
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The Ottoman imperial Palace was quite different from Western palaces and courts, for it was not only the...
Figure 1. General view of the medical school from the minaret of the Süleymaniye mosque. Source: https://archnet.org/library/images/one-image.tcl.
Suleymaniye Medical Madrasa
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This article discusses the emergence and origins of institutional Ottoman medical practice and learning, and...
The Modern Hospital in Medieval Islam
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The hospital was one of the most developed institutions of medieval Islam and one of the high-water marks of...
A smallpox vaccine commemoration stamp (Turkey: 1967)
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Introduction of Smallpox Vaccination to England
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This short article describes Lady Montagu's efforts in introducing a technique of vaccinating against...
