Architecture / Madrasa and külliye (complex)
Hafsa Sultan Hospital (Museum of the History of Medicine)
Şehzadeler, Manisa
An Ottoman hospital added to the Sultan Complex in 1539, now used as Manisa Celal Bayar University's museum of the history of medicine.
Its story
The darüşşifa is a hospital building added to the Hafsa Sultan Complex in 1539, according to the inscription above its door. For a long time it operated as a general hospital and an institution training physicians, and after the second half of the 19th century it became a bimarhane where the mentally ill were treated. In 2013 the building was turned into a museum of the history of medicine by Manisa Celal Bayar University. The museum displays medical instruments used by Ottoman physicians and handwritten medical books; it is the stop that best tells the healing side of the complex, which is also linked to the Mesir Macunu tradition.
Key facts
- Period
- Ottoman, 1539
- Part of
- Hafsa Sultan (Sultan) Complex
- Operator
- Manisa Celal Bayar University
- Current use
- Museum of the History of Medicine (since 2013)
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
- Rainy day
Location
38.61113, 27.42629
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://kulturenvanteri.com/?p=10737 | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131741347 | https://www.dha.com.tr/yerel-haberler/manisa/sehzadeler/1539dan-bu-yana-kullanilan-tibbi-aletler-sifa-2870648