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The impact of Western physicians on the modernization of Turkish surgery and medicine, 1827-1936.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20407772     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Efforts of modernizing the Ottoman Empire and society started during the 19th century. Initially reforms have been limited by institutions such as the armed forces, faculty of engineering and medicine. For this reason, a large number of western physicians invited to state to take prestigious positions in its few existing medical schools and other state establishments, in particular help with reforming its higher education. After the establishment of young Turkish Republic, western forms of science, medicine, art and literature penetrated the culture and continued to flourish. This article brings to light the efforts of these surgeons, and physicians and tells about their contributions to surgery and medicine in Turkey.
Authors:
Yilmaz Bilsel; Hasan Bektas; Metin Tilki
Publication Detail:
Type:  Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article; Portraits    
Journal Detail:
Title:  World journal of surgery     Volume:  34     ISSN:  1432-2323     ISO Abbreviation:  World J Surg     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-09     Completed Date:  2010-12-20     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7704052     Medline TA:  World J Surg     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2240-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Medipol Hospital, Kadikoy, Kosuyolu, Istanbul 81300, Turkey. drbilsel@gmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Education, Medical / history*
Emigration and Immigration / history
General Surgery / history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Military Medicine / history
Ottoman Empire
Physicians, Women / history
Schools, Medical / history
Social Change
Turkey
Western World
World War I
Personal Name Subject
Personal Name Subject:
Cemil Topuzlu Pasha

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