Amasya · Turkey

Sabuncuoğlu History of Medicine Museum

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easy

7/10

contemplative

Built as a mental hospital in 1309 by Ilduş Hatun, wife of the İlkhanid Sultan Olcaytu, the Darüşşifa (also called Bimarhane) may have been the first place to try to treat psychiatric disorders with music. It was used as a hospital until the 18th century. One of the most important physicians who wor