ABSTRACT

Ottoman scientists began to adopt European practices from the Seventeenth century and this orientation gained momentum in the Nineteenth century, which many innovations also in Europe. During the reign of Selim III, the old madrasah model was abandoned and modern medical schools and Tersane-i Amire Tabiphanesi was opened especially to meet the physician and surgeon need of the army. In this paper, we tried to examine when and how dissection, which has a major role in medical teaching and is difficult to be adopted in society, was applied for the first time.