Description

Original red cloth bdg. All edges gilt. 4to. (30 x 22 cm). In English and Turkish. 136 p., color and b/w ills. X-ray photographs in the albums of Abdulhamid the 2nd.= II. Abdülhamid albümlerinde radyoloji fotograflari. This large collection containing excellent frames for the conditions of that period is still being kept in Istanbul University Rare Works Library. In addition, its digital frecords are located in the library of Islamic History, Art and Culture Research Center (IRCICA). The discovery pf X-rays and their first use inside the Ottoman Empire also coincides with the reign period of Abdülhamid II. It had been frequently used at the time for imaging war-wounded people, and this usage included the first applications in the world in this regard. It started to be used in other fields in a short time. There are many radiology-related images in the collection. The numbers of the albums containing these images and the number pf photos [.]. The number of radiology-related photographs in the collection in 110. Although most of the photographs belongs to the radiographic images of injured people and patients, there are also photographs that belong to radiology departments or pictures taken for some experimental studies.