How medical functions shaped architecture in anatolian seljuk darussifas [hospitals] and especially in the divrigi turan malik darussifa

The dominant cultural effectiveness of the Seljuks, which affected different nations and regional races within the borders of their empire that stretched from Central Asia to Cairo, has left behind famous civilizations which are today within the borders of various countries [India, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Turkey, etc.]. As for structural characteristics, in an atmosphere whose origin is rooted in pagan culture and architecture formed by its symbols is continued, the form does not change when planning big buildings or where the "house" is concerned. The root lies back in the Central Asian house or multifunctional Turcoman tent. Hospitals were so improved that various establishments developed in a way that suited the needs of the period's social life, ruling administration and military life. To group these: Mobile hospitals were to be found in caravans behind the soldiers who were fighting. In the Malik Shah Era, in the Seljuk army there were military hospitals carried by 40 camels. Seljuk hospitals were caravanserai hospitals, palace hospitals, and serving public, usually within the structure of a medical madrasah, darussifas. It was inconceivable for a culture whose scope is as deep and wide as this to not affect the West that was drowning in the conservative religion suppression of the Middle Ages. Like the architectural structures of the sifahanes, the education systems of great medical scholars also occurred in Europe. Extending back to the symbols of the knights of Malta and the baroque style, the lily motif seen in sifahanes and Divrigi ornamentations; on the other side and again from Anatolian culture, the snake motif that originated in healing temples are renowned symbols and a form of expression

Istanbul maltepe military hospital's pharmacy

In 1826 by the offer of Dr. Mustafa Behcet, Sultan Mahmut the 2nd started to build a hospital. They called it "As…kir-i Mansure Hospital" and its location was in Istanbul Topkapi-Maltepe. This hospital had European qualities. In the beginning it had 600 beds then it increased to 1000 beds. The pharmacy in the hospital helped ill people to get their medicines and it also helped for the military service to get their needs. This survey will be presented with the studies of the pharmacy and the lists of the medicines which were taken from archives

Pharmaceutical industry in Turkey

During the Ottoman period drugs were prepared by physicians. In the beginning of the 19th century drugs started to be prepared in phaimacies called "saydalan" and "ispenciyar". Official phaimaceutical education was assumed to start in Turkey with the "Eczane Sinifi" [pharmaceutical class] in "Mekteb-i Tibbiye-i S…hane" [The Royal School of Medicine]. Two kinds of drug preparations were on sale at the phaimacies in Istanbul. 1. Foreign Medical preparations 2. Local Medical preparations Local drug production can be studied in 4 periods. 1. The pharmacy period 2. The laboratory period 3. The factory period 4. The active drug matter production period By 2003 there exist 85 drug producers, 11 raw material producers, 38 importers, totaling to 134 firms. With a product variety up to 4000 kinds amounting to a capacity of TL 50 trillion, Turkey exports preparations and active drug matter up to 50 countries