Turhan Baytop (1920-2002): A pioneer historian of pharmacy from Turkey

TEKİNER H.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL BIOGRAPHY, vol.25, no.4, pp.239-244, 2017 (AHCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/0967772015608055
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL BIOGRAPHY
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.239-244
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Turhan Baytop, a Turkish professor of pharmacognosy (the scientific study of crude drugs of animal, vegetable, and mineral origin), received international acclaim not only for his contributions in collecting and identifying the Anatolian plants, but also for his extensive research shedding light on the history of Turkish pharmacy. As a devoted researcher, collector, and lecturer, T Baytop was a genuine pioneer of the history of pharmacy as a discipline in Turkey.