Tunç Uğurgül
Department of Archaeology and History of Art, Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities, İstanbul, Turkey.
Infect Dis Clin Microbiol. 2023 Mar 11;5(1):69-81. doi: 10.36519/idcm.2023.195. eCollection 2023 Mar.
In the first quarter of the twentieth century, health and hygiene-themed exhibitions and museums became prevalent communication tools for public health throughout the world. However, the primary motivation behind their establishment as medical museums was the educational value they added to medical training. These museums became central to instruction at medical schools in the nineteenth century. This article presents an overview of the origins of museums of medicine, health and hygiene, their role in the Ottoman/Turkish context, and how they gained and lost their prominence. It then proposes ways in which these museums can be instrumental in our fight against infectious diseases and social injustices in the field of biomedicine.
在二十世纪上半叶，以健康与卫生为主题的展览和博物馆成为全球公共卫生领域普遍使用的宣传工具。然而，作为医学博物馆建立的主要动机是它们为医学培训增添的教育价值。这些博物馆在十九世纪的医学院教学中占据核心地位。本文概述了医学、健康与卫生博物馆的起源、它们在奥斯曼/土耳其背景下的作用，以及它们如何兴起和衰落。然后提出这些博物馆可以在我们抗击传染病和生物医学领域的社会不公方面发挥作用的方式。
