Ahmed Hilmi Pasha (1839-1905): A remarkable Ottoman physician and medical translator

TEKİNER H.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL BIOGRAPHY, vol.27, no.1, pp.26-30, 2019 (AHCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/0967772016665569
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL BIOGRAPHY
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.26-30
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Besides being a founding member of the Ottoman Medical Society (est. 1867) and general director of the Imperial Military and Civil medical schools in Istanbul, Dr Ahmed Hilmi Pasha offered a pathology course for the first time in the Ottoman Empire. He also translated various medical textbooks from French, and he paved the way for using Turkish in Ottoman medical education.