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Nature 396, 108 (12 November 1998) | doi:10.1038/24026

Time to take a healthier view of history

Ibrahim C. Haznedaroglu1

  1. Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

Ziauddin Sardar recalled Ottoman science, especially astronomy, under the title "Eclipsed no more"1. On behalf of Turkish physicians, the progeny of Ottoman hakims, I would like to point out Ottoman medicine, which has also been largely neglected for the same reasons indicated by Sardar.