page_title: Complex of Sultan Bayezid II
section_title: Medical school
hierarchical_section_title: Complex of Sultan Bayezid II / Medical school
caption_attribution_description: English: Complex of Sultan Bayezid II Heakth Museum in Edirne, Turkey
context_page_description: The Complex of Sultan Bayezid II is a külliye located in Edirne, Turkey. It was built in 1488 by the Ottoman architect Mimar Hayruddin for the Sultan Bayezid II.
  The complex contains a Dar al-Shifa, and it remained in operation for four centuries from 1488 until the Russo-Turkish War. The hospital was especially notable for its treatment methods for mental disorders, which included the use of music, water sound and scents.
  The historic darüşşifa was incorporated into the structure of Edirne-based Trakya University in 1993, and converted into the Complex of Sultan Bayezid II Health Museum in 1997, a museum dedicated to the history of medicine and health matters in general. The complex was inscribed in the Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey in 2016.
context_section_description: The health institution was a medical school (Ottoman Turkish: Medrese-i Etibba‎). It ranked among the best 60 schools (madrasa) in the Ottoman Empire due to its high-paid scholar.
  The medical school consisted of 18 student rooms and a classroom surrounding three sides of a courtyard with a shadirvan (fountain) in the middle. Famous Ottoman travel writer Evliya Çelebi (1611–after 1682) mentions in his book that the students of the medical school were mature physicians, who studied and discussed works of Ancient Greek philosophers, scientists and physicians such as Plato (428/427 or 424/423–348/347 BC), Socrates (470/469–399 BC), Philip of Opus, Aristotle (384–322 BC), Galen  (AD 129– c. 200/c. 216) and Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC). The physicians, each being a specialist in a different field, tried to find out the best treatment by studying valuable scientific literature on medicine. The books of the medical school are archived in the hand-written books library of Selimiye Mosque today.
  According to Evliya Çelebi, following daily wages were paid to the staff and students:
  Scholar (1): 60 akçe (silver coin) including holidays,
  Assistant (1): 7 akçe
  Library clerk (1): 2 akçe
  Servants (2): 2 akçe
  Students (18): 2 akçe. in addition to meeting of all their needs.
caption: Courtyard of the historic Medical school.
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