[THE OTTOMAN MODERN MEDICAL JOURNAL THAT COULD BE PUBLISHED AFTER THE OPPRESSIONIST SULTAN REGIME] طبابت حاضره / Tabâbet-i hâzira [La medicine modern. Bi-mensuel = The modern medicine]. 1 March 1909 - 1 March 1910. Nos: 1-24 (The first 24 issues of 82)

[TALIMCIOGLU], DR. SÜKRÜ KAMIL (1870-1946) (Prep. by).

Matbaa-yi Hayriye ve Sürekasi, Istanbul, 1909-1910.

Contemporary burgundy half morocco. Spine with five raised bands; gilt title to the front board and in the second compartment. 4to (29 x 21 cm). Text in Ottoman Turkish (Arabic script). Two leaves from issue no. 19 loosely inserted. A small tear (1.5 cm) to the upper left corner of the first issue, not affecting the text. Some fading and discoloration to the red cloth. Light soiling to a few pages. Overall, a very good and well-preserved collection.

An exceedingly rare collection of the first 24 issues (the complete first-year run) of this Ottoman medical journal, published in the early 20th century, shortly after the proclamation of the Second Constitutional Era, to document and disseminate both local and international developments in modern medicine.

The bimonthly journal was printed in two columns and contained no illustrations. Its publisher, Şükrü Kamil, graduated from the Military School of Medicine in 1890 and later served as Director of Health in Yemen, as well as Health Inspector in Bitlis, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, and Konya. Among the journal’s contributors were prominent figures such as Dr. Mazhar Osman Uzman, Tahir Ibrahim Dümer, Ziya Nuri Birgi, Rıza Nur, Surgeon Cemil Pasha, and Server Kamil Tokgöz.

Some articles in Tababet-i Hazıra were based on lectures and clinical observations from Gülhane and the Faculty of Medicine, while others were translations from foreign sources. The journal also featured paramedical content, including discussions on family medicine, medical ethics and deontology, military hospitals, civilian physicians, public health in schools, and the restructuring of the military medical corps. Further topics ranged from pharmacists and medical education reforms to the future of physicians, food safety (such as regulations on beverages and bakers), medical reports, asylums, and urban air pollution. Additionally, the journal provided updates on appointments, deaths, new medical publications, and students sent to study in Europe.

The journal was divided into two main sections: Kısm-ı Fennî (Scientific Section) and Kısm-ı Sıhhî (Health Section). As stated in the "İfade-i Mahsusa" (Special Note), eight pages were dedicated to general readership, while the remaining eight were reserved for specialized medical content. The Scientific Section featured technical medical language, with articles such as "Lectures on Clinical Medicine," "Nervous System Diseases in the East," "Scientific Presentation at Gülhane," and "Clinical and Treatment Notes." Meanwhile, the Health Section used more accessible language, covering topics like "How to Achieve Beautiful Hair," "Mental and Moral Hygiene," "Measures Against Rabies," and "Public Health."

Published exclusively in Turkish, Tabâbet-i Hâzıra is not available as a complete collection in any Turkish library. (Dinç).

Duman 2052.; As of May 2025, OCLC lists only two holdings worldwide (702366561), UC Southern Systemwide Facility & UCLA.