A Literature Review on the Foundation of Modern Medicine in Egypt

Selda Güner Özden

Article Details

A Literature Review on the Foundation of Modern Medicine in Egypt

Authors:

Selda Güner Özden

Publisher:

Hacettepe University

Main Topics:

Tarihsel Çalışmalar (Diğer)

Journal:

Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.40 Issue 2, pp.675-686

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001291203

pISSN:

1301-5737

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Abstract:

 Today, the birth history of modern medicine in Turkey is explained from the perspective of the Ottoman Empire, centered in Istanbul. Considering the breadth of the empires geography, the possibility of comparison provided by evaluating the medical reform from different perspectives is of great importance. The aim of this study is to analyze the contemporary literature on the reforms in medical education and service in Egypt in the 19th century. Based on the works of J. Heyworth-Dunne, Laverne Kuhnke, Amira el-Azhary Sonbol, Christian Jean Dubois, Serge Jagailloux, Khaled Fahmy and Abul-Magd the situation and goals of the modern Egyptian medical history in the early 19th century will be examined. This article also focuses on the transformation of the health institution that concerns the individual and society in Egypt from a different perspective, apart from the field of political and international relations in modern literature. Research on medicine in Egypt, especially in the first half of the century, focuses on how modern medical practices fit into traditional medicine and belief. On the Other hand, these studies prove that modern medical education and professionalization existed before Egypt came under British colonial rule in 1882. According to this, local doctors, midwives hekime, barber surgeons were the intermediaries who established the relationship of the Egyptian people with modern medicine. As a matter of fact, the medical profession in Egypt was born at the Abu Zaabel military hospital and medical school, which was founded by the French Dr. Clot 1793-1868 on the orders of Mehmed Ali Pasha and where foreign doctors were trained. Based on this information, we consider the role of medical reform in the formation of national identity in Egypt important because it makes primary, secondary and high school education in the Arabic language necessary for medical education necessary.

 Today, the birth history of modern medicine in Turkey is explained from the perspective of the Ottoman Empire, centered in Istanbul. Considering the breadth of the empires geography, the possibility of comparison provided by evaluating the medical reform from different perspectives is of great importance. The aim of this study is to analyze the contemporary literature on the reforms in medical education and service in Egypt in the 19th century. Based on the works of J. Heyworth-Dunne, Laverne Kuhnke, Amira el-Azhary Sonbol, Christian Jean Dubois, Serge Jagailloux, Khaled Fahmy and Abul-Magd the situation and goals of the modern Egyptian medical history in the early 19th century will be examined. This article also focuses on the transformation of the health institution that concerns the individual and society in Egypt from a different perspective, apart from the field of political and international relations in modern literature. Research on medicine in Egypt, especially in the first half of the century, focuses on how modern medical practices fit into traditional medicine and belief. On the Other hand, these studies prove that modern medical education and professionalization existed before Egypt came under British colonial rule in 1882. According to this, local doctors, midwives hekime, barber surgeons were the intermediaries who established the relationship of the Egyptian people with modern medicine. As a matter of fact, the medical profession in Egypt was born at the Abu Zaabel military hospital and medical school, which was founded by the French Dr. Clot 1793-1868 on the orders of Mehmed Ali Pasha and where foreign doctors were trained. Based on this information, we consider the role of medical reform in the formation of national identity in Egypt important because it makes primary, secondary and high school education in the Arabic language necessary for medical education necessary.

 Today, the birth history of modern medicine in Turkey is explained from the perspective of the Ottoman Empire, centered in Istanbul. Considering the breadth of the empires geography, the possibility of comparison provided by evaluating the medical reform from different perspectives is of great importance. The aim of this study is to analyze the contemporary literature on the reforms in medical education and service in Egypt in the 19th century. Based on the works of J. Heyworth-Dunne, Laverne Kuhnke, Amira el-Azhary Sonbol, Christian Jean Dubois, Serge Jagailloux, Khaled Fahmy and Abul-Magd the situation and goals of the modern Egyptian medical history in the early 19th century will be examined. This article also focuses on the transformation of the health institution that concerns the individual and society in Egypt from a different perspective, apart from the field of political and international relations in modern literature. Research on medicine in Egypt, especially in the first half of the century, focuses on how modern medical practices fit into traditional medicine and belief. On the Other hand, these studies prove that modern medical education and professionalization existed before Egypt came under British colonial rule in 1882. According to this, local doctors, midwives hekime, barber surgeons were the intermediaries who established the relationship of the Egyptian people with modern medicine. As a matter of fact, the medical profession in Egypt was born at the Abu Zaabel military hospital and medical school, which was founded by the French Dr. Clot 1793-1868 on the orders of Mehmed Ali Pasha and where foreign doctors were trained. Based on this information, we consider the role of medical reform in the formation of national identity in Egypt important because it makes primary, secondary and high school education in the Arabic language necessary for medical education necessary.

 Bugün Türkiyede modern tıbbın doğuş tarihi Osmanlı İmparatorluğu zaviyesinden İstanbul merkezli olarak anlatılmaktadır. İmparatorluk coğrafyasının genişliği düşünüldüğünde tıp reformunu farklı zaviyelerden değerlendirmenin sağlayacağı kıyas imkânı önem arz etmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı 19. Yüzyılda Mısırda tıp eğitim ve hizmeti alanında yapılan reformlara dair çağdaş literatürün bir analizini yapmaktır. J. Heyworth-Dunne, Laverne Kuhnke, Amira el-Azhary Sonbol, Christian Jean Dubois, Serge Jagailloux, Khaled Fahmy, Abul-Magdnin eserlerinden hareketle modern Mısır tıp tarihinin 19. Yüzyıl başlarındaki durumu ve hedefleri incelenecektir. Bu makale ayrıca, modern literatürde siyasi ve uluslararası ilişkiler alanın dışında, başka bir açıdan Mısırda bireyi ve toplumu ilgilendiren sağlık kurumunun dönüşümünü merkeze almaktadır. Özellikle yüzyılın ilk yarısında Mısırda tıp üzerine araştırmalar, geleneksel tıbbın ve inancın içine modern tıp uygulamalarının nasıl uyum sağladığına odaklanmaktadır. 1882de Mısırın İngiliz kolonyal idaresi altına girmesinden önce modern tıp eğitiminin ve profesyonelleşmenin var olduğunu bu çalışmalar kanıtlamaktadır. Buna göre, yerli doktorlar, ebeler hekime, berber cerrahlar mısır halkının modern tıpla ilişkisini kuran aracılardı. Nitekim Mısırda tıp mesleği Fransız Dr. Clot 1793-1868un Mehmed Ali Paşa emriyle kurduğu ve yabancı doktorların eğitim verdiği Ebu Zaabel askeri hastane ve tıp okulunda doğmuştur. Bu bilgilere istinaden Mısırda ulusal kimliğin teşekkülünde tıp reformunun rolünü tıp eğitimi için gerekli Arapça dilinde ilk, orta ve lise eğitimini gerekli kıldığı için önemli kabul etmekteyiz.

Article Details

A Literature Review on the Foundation of Modern Medicine in Egypt

Authors:

Selda Güner Özden

Publisher:

Hacettepe University

Main Topics:

Tarihsel Çalışmalar (Diğer)

Journal:

Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.40 Issue 2, pp.675-686

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001291203

pISSN:

1301-5737

Egypt

modernisation

Abu Za’abal

medical school

Antoine Barthélémy ClotMısır

modernleşme

Ebu Za’abel

mekteb-i tıbbiye

Antoine Barthélémy Clot

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Article Details

Authors: Selda Güner Özden

Publisher: Hacettepe University

Main Topics: Tarihsel Çalışmalar (Diğer)

Journal: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.40 Issue 2, pp.675-686

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2023

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001291203

pISSN: 1301-5737

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Authors:

Selda Güner Özden

Publisher:

Hacettepe University

Main Topics:

Tarihsel Çalışmalar (Diğer)

Journal:

Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.40 Issue 2, pp.675-686

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001291203

pISSN:

1301-5737