The history of medicine in Anatolia - 1st Part

Abstract

Anatolia is a land where were pioneered both scientific and cultural perspectives for the civilization history. One of the science branches of the Anatolian people had pioneered was medicine. The medical history in Anatolia can be divided into ages of Antic, Hittites, Antic Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantium and the period after Turks had immigrated (Anatolian Selcuklu and Ottoman) to Anatolia. In the Antic ages the first humans believe that the diseases were originating from supernatural factors. First doctors had emerged with the Hittites the first empire founded on this land. In the Antic Hellenistic period Hypocrites tried to explain the diseases with materialist and rationalist view instead of supernatural causes. Hypocrites also determined the ethical qualifications of doctors. After the Anatolia fell under Roman rule many physicians with Galen in the leading role who were born in Anatolia had contribution to Medicine. In the Roman period the especially military surgery were improved. After the Roman Empire had divided into two pieces Byzantium Empire submerged first hospitals on the worlds begun to give service however the church monopolized the medicine. Medicine couldn’t set free itself from the chains of theological structure until the Renaissance. In the review below brief information about the first four periods of the medicine in Anatolia were tried to be given.