Medicine from ancient Turkee Ottoman medicine: healing and medical institutions, 1500-1700

Contents......Page 9 Illustrations......Page 11 Preface......Page 13 Note on Transliteration......Page 17 INTRODUCTION: The Marriage of Medicine and Society......Page 19 The (In)Visible Middle Eastern Ill in the Scholarship......Page 21 The Aims and Scope of the Book......Page 29 1. Medical Pluralism,Prevention, and Cure......Page 39 Ottoman Medical Etiologies......Page 40 Therapeutics: The Clinical Reality......Page 47 “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”: Medical Dietary......Page 48 Ginger and Viper Flesh: The Ordinary and the Bizarre in Middle Eastern Pharmacology......Page 52 Surgery?......Page 63 2. “In health and in sickness”:The Integrative Body......Page 81 The Senses and the Sound of Music......Page 87 Hygiene and Hydrotherapy: The Power of Water......Page 95 Religion and Medicine, Religion as Medicine:A Placebo Effect?......Page 104 What Is Health Then? What Is Illness?......Page 111 3. “Feed the hungry, visit the sick, and set those who suffer free”: Medical Benevolence and Social Order......Page 119 The Imperative of Health and Medical Carein a Muslim Context: A Religious Duty and a Philanthropic Act......Page 124 Formal Medical Aid and the Donors......Page 128 The Medically Disabled as Needy and Entitled......Page 135 The Nonpoor Foreigner as Entitled to Medical Help......Page 139 Religious Affiliation and Entitlement......Page 143 Male and Female in Medical Neediness......Page 146 The Age of Entitlement......Page 150 Illness as a Precondition for Defi ning Entitlement......Page 152 An Instrument for Social Control:The Other Side of Charity......Page 155 4. Spaces of Disease, Disease in Space......Page 163 Ottoman Medical Institutions as Urban Institutions......Page 165 Ottoman Medical Institutions within the Urban Landscape......Page 171 Urban Medical Institutions, Environment, and Gardens......Page 172 Walls as Barriers and as Connectors: Degrees of Isolation......Page 184 The Marriage of Etiology and Space......Page 188 What Is Ottoman in Ottoman Medicine?......Page 199 Ottoman Turkish: From Vernacular to Literary and Scientifi c Usage......Page 203 Hospitals as an Ottoman Institution......Page 205 “The sick are cured within three days”......Page 209 APPENDIX: List of Hospitals Discussed in the Book......Page 215 Notes......Page 217 Bibliography......Page 259 C......Page 289 H......Page 290 K......Page 291 M......Page 292 S......Page 293 T......Page 294 Z......Page 295 The social history of medicine in the Ottoman Empire and the historic Middle East is told in rich detail for the first time in English. Accessible and engaging, Ottoman Medicine sheds light on the work and power of medical practitioners in the Ottoman world. The enduring significance and fascinating history of Ottoman medicine emerge through a consideration of its medical ethics, troubled relationship with religion, standards of professionalism, bureaucratization and health systems management, and the extent of state control. Of interest to healthcare providers, healers, and patients, this book helps us better understand and appreciate the medical practices of non-Western societies. Introduction: The Marriage Of Medicine And Society -- Medical Pluralism, Prevention And Cure -- In Health And In Sickness : The Integrative Body -- Feed The Hungry, Visit The Sick And Set Those Who Suffer Free : Medical Benevolence And Social Order -- Spaces Of Disease, Disease In Space -- Conclusion: Ottoman Medicine : Ottoman? Successful? -- Appendix: List Of Hospitals Discussed In The Book. Miri Shefer-mossensohn. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Medical pluralism, prevention and cure In health and in sickness : the integrative body Feed the hungry, visit the sick and set those who suffer free : medical Spaces of disease, disease in space Conclusion : Ottoman medicine Ottoman? successful? Appendix: list of hospitals discussed in the book Endnotes.