In Edirne Trakya University Sultan II.Bayezid Külliyesi Health Museum has become one of the most interesting museums of our country in recent years. This museum, which has received its international awards and has made its name at home and abroad is the only museum that makes an Ottoman darüşşifasını live in real sense today. This feature sheds light on the significance of the past Seljuk and Ottoman settlements in our medical history. Sultan II. The foundations of the Bayezid Complex were laid by Sultan II.Bayezid personally in 1484 and the period was completed in economic and manpower as short as 4 years and opened to service in 1488. Hayrettin is the architect of this group of buildings that draws attention with its multi-domed graphical structure. Sultan II. Bayezid Kulliyesi; One of the most important health, social, educational and religious institutions of the period. The complex has Hospital, medical school, mosque, guest house, imaret, hamam and bridge. This multi-purpose complex also reflects the social state concept of the time. The sick people were examined and cured in the hospital, the students were raised in the medrese, worshiped in the mosque, the guests were welcomed in the tabashek, and the poor people were fed. In this hospital, the peaceful tones of the voice of the music and of the water resonate in the stone walls and become healing. From Ibni Sina to Farabi; a fundamental understanding of music therapy dating back to the Ottoman Empire from the Seljuks, is applied with success in the treatment of physical and mental illness. Edirne Darüşşifası is a multi-faceted hospital in its establishment. In his first year, he has 1 physician, 2 physicians, 2 surgeons, 2 eye physicians and 2 pharmacists. Head doctors, who served in this hospital, was paid 30% of the foundation budget and 15% of the other physicians per day. The total number of personnel was 21 and the number of beds of the hospital was 32. This healing complex, which has seved for many years, has become a center where only mental and psychiatric patients are treated in the following years. The greatest feature of this hospital is the use of music, water sounds and beautiful smells alongside medical information during the period of treatment. The ten-member dignitary and collective societies took their place on the music scene three days a week, playing different positions according to each disease.
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SULTAN II. BAYEZİD FOUNDATION HEALTH MUSEUM
December 4, 2017