[MEDICAL SUPPORT DURING THE GRECO-TURKISH WAR (1919-1922)] Anadolu tib mecmuasi: Her ayin onbesinde çikar tibbî, sihhî, içtimâî mecmûa. Sene 1. No. 8 (of 9)

Complete title: [MEDICAL SUPPORT DURING THE GRECO-TURKISH WAR (1919-1922)] اناطولی طب مجموُعسی: هر آین اونبشنده چیقار طبّی، صحّی، اجتماعی مجموُعه / Anadolu tib mecmuasi: Her ayin onbesinde çikar tibbî, sihhî, içtimâî mecmûa. Sene 1. No. 8 (of 9).

[ÜSTÜNDAG], MUALLIM DOKTOR EKREM HAYRI (1886-1956).

Yeni Gün Matbaasi, Ankara, AH 1338 [CE 1922].

Original brown wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 32 p. Wear to the spine, ownership inscription in period on the front cover, creasing on the cover; an ex-library copy. Else good copy.

The extremely rare sole surviving issue #8 (of 9) of this publication, published during the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922), addressing the urgent medical needs arising from the conflict between the Ottoman dynasty and the Ankara government. The title was designed and calligraphed by the renowned Ottoman-Turkish master calligrapher Hamid Aytaç (1891-1982).

From the establishment of the Ministry of Health on 3 May 1920 until the February 1337/1921 budget negotiations, it was stated that although 290 physicians were needed, only 180 could be found; efforts were made to close this gap with physicians who gradually joined the National Struggle (The Greco-Turkish War, 1919-1922), while attempts were also made to rehabilitate idle institutions and to establish new ones (Adivar). Throughout the war, the concentration of the sick and wounded was likewise in Ankara. With a decision taken by the Istanbul Government in June 1920, the shipment of all kinds of medical supplies to Anatolia was prohibited; after this date, medical equipment and healthcare personnel were covertly sent to Anatolia.

In order to meet the scientific needs of Anatolian physicians, by late 1921 and early 1922 there were only two medical journals in Anatolia, the Askerî Tıb Mecmuası and the Anadolu Tıb Mecmuası, both of which were published in Ankara, the centre of the National Struggle.

The contents of the issue:

Cihan Harbi’nde Türk Ordusu etibba istatistiki [muvazzaf, yedek etibba, etibba zayiatı, rütbeler], pp. 1-2. [i.e., Statistical data on physicians in the Turkish Army during the World War [active-duty physicians, reserve physicians, physician casualties, ranks].

Eşme Hastahanesi mesaisinden-1: Açık ve kapalı tüberkülozlarda Wildbolz teamülü [l'urointradermo-réaction de Wildbolz] - Eşme Hastahanesi emraz-ı dâhiliye mütehassısı Rüşdî (Rüştü), pp. 3-5. [i.e., From the activities of Eşme Hospital-1: Open and closed tuberculosis and the Wildbolz reaction (l’uro-intradermo-réaction de Wildbolz)].

Müstacel cerrahi mebahisinden: İleuslar - Ankara Mülkiye Hastahanesi Sertabibi Op. Dr. Ömer Vasfi [Aybar], pp. 5-7. [i.e., From urgent surgical topics: Ileus].

Tedavide tağdiye ve perhiz esasları: Hastalarda tağdiye - Dr. Şuayip Nuri [Barım], pp. 8-18. [i.e., Principles of nutrition and diet in treatment: Patient nutrition].

Bir kızamık salgını münasebetiyle (Kayseri Darüleytamı’ndaki 600 çocuktan 120’sinin kızamığa yakalanması üzerine) - Çocuk hastalıkları mütehassısı Dr. İhsan Hilmi [Alantar], pp. 18-22. [i.e., On the occasion of a measles outbreak (following the infection of 120 out of 600 children at the Kayseri Orphanage)].

Frenginin pek nadir tesadüf olunan tevazzuatından: 1- Nezfî iltihab-ı ümmüssülbe-i müzmine, 2- Da’ül-efrenc-i üzn-i dâhili - Bolu Memleket Hastahanesi Sertabibi Mehmed Enver, pp. 23-26. [i.e., On some very rare manifestations of syphilis: 1- Chronic hemorrhagic inflammation of the seminal vesicles. 2- Inner ear syphilis].

Okuyan olursa... 27-29 Nekroloji: Dr. Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran [1845-1922], pp. 30-31. [i.e., For those who may read…].

Şuun [Anavatan Mecmuası (yayını dolayısıyla tebrik)] 31 Memurin [Haziran 1338] tebeddülâtı [atamalar], pp. 32. [i.e., Notes (congratulations on the publication of the Anavatan journal)].

Duman 0094., As of January 2026, OCLC locates a sole copy (issue numbers are unclear in the holding) in the University of Chicago Library (50038449).