title: [Epitaphs and the history of medicine].
abstract: Ottomans always paid importance to tombstones all through their history. They engraved epitaphs and epigraphs on each building, edifice, fountain, mausoleum, tombstone etc. they made. Nonetheless, only the 15 percent of all Ottoman epitaph heritage ranging over three continents have been studied and published. Those concerning the history of medicine enable historians to make comparisons shedding light upon the actual knowledge on the field of medicine in the past. This article covers six tombstones of the Ottoman health personnel.
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Işli
mesh_terms: D002048:Burial / Q000266:history*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000266:history; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008091:Literature / Q000266:history; D014421:Turkey
vernacular_title: Kitabeler ve Tip Tarihi.