INDEX

Abdlhamid, 17
abdomen, 84, 106
abortifacient, 20, 36, 51, 52, 58, 60,74
abortion
abortionist, 9, 52, 58, 59, 613
anti-abortion
anti-abortion campaign, 2, 52, 59
anti-abortion debate, 53, 72, 75, 121,
122
anti-abortionist, 52, 61, 62
Administration of Health, 38
Administration of Medicine, 29, 39
Ahmet Rasim, 70, 71
Akile, 69, 70
anaesthesia, 16, 32, 49, 89
ante-natal care, 78
Archive of History of Medicine, The, 20
artificial fertilization, 102, 107, 109
Association to Fight Tuberculosis, 13
Association to Protect Children, 13
Avanzade Sleyman, 107, 108, 109, 112,
113, 117
Averroes, 16
Avicenna, 16, 21, 82

Cemiyet-i Tibbiye Nezareti, 29

census, 6, 7, 8, 31
Ceride-i Havadis, 34
Ceride-i Nfus Nezareti, 8
cervix, 112
Chief Magistrate, 58, 59
chief physician, 58, 59, 132
childbed fever, 34, 47, 49
childbirth
complications during childbirth, 7, 18,
33, 35, 82, 84, 85
operations, 47, 48
childcare, 24, 33, 57, 68, 100
cleanliness, 18, 19, 11012
conception, 56, 83, 87, 91, 93, 97, 104, 113,
114,118
Council of Ministers, 63
Council of Public Works, 57, 58
Council of State, 7, 36, 37, 42, 26, 63
craving, 81, 88
Criminal Code, 6, 59, 60, 61, 63, 70, 120

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bastard house, 17, 48

bearded darnel, 36
birth
birth chair, 19, 44
birth control, 2, 10, 52
birth pains, 28
birth rate, 5, 15, 74, 77, 94, 99, 102, 120
breastfeeding, 57, 86, 90
breech delivery, 36, 44, 85, 97
caesarean, 16
Cemiyet-i Tbbiye-i ahane, 61

Dahiliye Nezareti, 7, 9
Dar-ura-y Bab- Ali, 57
Darlaceze, 62
deaths
during childbirth, 24, 25, 27, 28, 35, 36
of mother during abortion, 59, 73, 74
debauchery, 55, 57, 59, 60, 68, 702, 94,
107, 118, 121
Debay, Auguste, 81, 89, 95, 117
demographic
demographic anxiety, 10, 99
demographic change (transformation), 1,
5, 74, 75, 119
demographic composition, 3, 5, 7, 725
demographic prospects, 3, 5, 8, 75

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demographic question, 99
demographic structure, 5
demographic turbulence, 1, 74
depopulation, 52, 57, 58, 61, 62, 72, 73, 94,
106, 109, 119, 120, 122
destitute woman, 46, 48
discipline, 1, 71, 7780, 83, 8793, 957,
104, 106, 113 15
Doctors Association, 61, 62, 63
early birth, 87
El Messeret, 43
embryo, 35, 56, 63, 94, 115
epidemic, 1, 5, 8, 120
eugenics, 13, 93
excessive sexual activity, 103, 112, 115
family, 8, 11, 33, 44, 54, 57, 67, 69, 83, 91,
94, 96, 100, 10911, 117, 123
fecundity, 1, 73, 100, 110, 111, 119, 121,
122
female
female anatomy, 24, 34
female body, 14, 9, 53, 71, 77, 78, 80,
83, 88, 90, 93, 957, 101, 107, 121,
122
female sexuality, 1, 2, 4, 9, 56, 66, 75, 77,
78, 88, 99101, 107
femininity, 2, 3, 14, 31, 32, 70, 71, 80, 97,
99, 11517, 120, 122, 123
Fenn-i Kbale, 34
Fenn-i Vilade, 34, 80
fertilization, 112, 113
foetus, 346, 49, 52, 55, 56, 65, 72, 92, 97
turning of, inside the uterus, 36, 46
forceps, 1, 16, 20, 32, 36
forensic medicine, 62, 63
foundlings, 62

Hamidiye Hospital, 49
Hanafi School, 56, 57, 68, 69
Hanmlara Mahsus Gazete, 43
Hasan Bedrettin, 66, 68, 69
Haseki Womens hospital, 468, 132
healthcare during pregnancy, 2, 13, 78, 81,
87, 89, 96
heredity, 87, 93, 110
Himaye-i Etfal Cemiyeti, 13
Hseyin Remzi, 110
hygiene, 13, 1719, 635, 81, 87, 89, 94, 95,
100, 103, 11012
illegitimate children, 62
immorality, 60, 109
immoral women, 83, 103, 104, 121
Imperial Faculty of Medicine, 72
skat- cenin, 56, 60, 62, 66, 74
Iskat- Cenin: Facia, 66, 74
Islamic Law, 53, 56, 57, 68, 69
impotence, 90, 1013, 10710, 112, 118
infant mortality rates, 1, 35, 37
inheritance, 91

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gender relations, 8, 31, 78
genitals, 104, 110, 112
General Population Administration, 7
gestation, 2, 34, 802, 84, 86
girlhood, 96
Grand Vizierate, 9, 35, 47, 48, 58, 61
Glhane Rescript, 4
gynaecology, 79, 106

journals, 20, 21, 36, 43, 66, 81, 90

positivist journal, 72
popular journal, 13
womens journals, 24, 69, 100
Kabile Hastahanesi, 47
Kanun- Cedid, 59
Krmlzade Aziz dris Bey, 72, 73

labour pain, 29
Land Reform, 6, 120
local midwives, 18, 19, 24, 25, 27, 28, 346,
38, 42, 85, 112, 118
lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), 36
lonely woman, 46, 103
lying-in hospital, 37, 46
Mahmud II, 6, 120
male body, 101, 107, 108, 118, 122
male midwife, 44, 46, 80, 96
malpractice, 22, 24, 28, 29, 35, 62, 63, 121
Marshal of the Police Force, 35
masturbation, 96, 112, 115
maternal body, 2, 80, 83, 88, 89, 92, 93

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maternal death rates, 1, 2, 10, 29, 34, 35,
36,52, 77, 99, 119, 120
maternity clinic, 468, 89, 103, 119
maternity hospital, 1, 10, 11, 13, 1618, 21,
32, 37, 468, 78,89
Meclis-i Mahsus, 47
Meclis-i Umur-u Nafia, 57
Meclis-i Vala, 9, 27, 28, 59, 62
Meclis-i Vala-i Ahkam- Adliyye, 57
Meclis-i Vkela, 63
Mecmua-i Fnun, 72
medical technologies of birth, 32
medical treatises, 11, 16, 54, 80, 82, 114
Medical Year Book, 13, 17
medicalization, 13, 11, 16, 32, 43, 53, 77,
78, 103, 1057, 111, 119, 122
Mehmed Rauf, 43
Mekteb-i Tbbiye, 34
Mekteb-i Tbbiye-i Mlkiye, 47
Memalik-i Mahruse-i ahanede Tababet-i
Belediyye crasna Dair Nizamname, 36
menstruation/menstrual period, 34, 47, 84,
90, 96, 103, 104, 113, 114
midwife
midwife Rasiha, 24
midwife ahin, 24, 25
midwifery baton, 19
Midwifery Hospital, 47
Midwifery School, 10, 13, 21, 25, 27, 30,
33, 35, 48, 119,120
midwives licences, 28, 30, 31, 3540, 42,
43, 60, 65, 119, 120
licensed midwifes, 19, 236, 28, 30, 35,
36, 413, 49
licensed midwives benefits, 42, 49, 120
unlicensed midwives, 20, 248, 30, 33,
35, 36, 42, 112
midwives salaries, 37, 40, 41
migration, 1, 5, 8, 74, 75, 120
Ministry of the Interior, 7, 9, 28, 3842, 47,
48, 624, 73
Ministry of Finance, 46, 47
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 39
miscarriage, 55, 56, 58, 60, 62, 868, 115
mortality, 1, 29, 32, 35, 37
motherhood, 57, 83, 86, 87, 96, 99, 117

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nausea, 51, 84
Namk Kemal, 71, 72
newborn care, 18, 81
New Law, 59
nisaiye, 21
nursing, 33, 57, 86
Nusret Fuad, 11012
Nfus-u Umumi daresi, 7
nymphomania, 103, 115
obstetrics, 10, 1316, 213, 302, 34, 35,
37, 46, 47, 49, 78, 79, 80, 89, 106
Office of Population Registers, 7
old crone, 17, 18, 23, 25, 26, 85, 86
orphan, 62
Orphanage, 62
Ottoman identity card, 7
ovulation, 103, 104, 114
ovum, 112, 116
pension, 10, 41, 120
petition, 9, 10, 279, 413, 48, 59, 120, 121
Pinard, Aldolphe, 13
politicization of sexuality, 75
polygamy, 94
population census, 16
population growth, 2, 5, 29, 94, 99, 122
post-natal care, 48, 49, 81, 82
post-partum, 47, 49
poverty, 3, 55, 57, 60, 61, 71, 74
poor children, 61, 62
poor pregnant women, 48
poorhouse, 62
pregnant body, 79, 92
pre-natal period, 49
pre-term labour, 878
print culture, 66, 93, 100, 107
pronatalism, 13, 13, 14, 71, 74, 77, 78,
81, 90, 93, 95, 97, 99102, 107, 110,
11823
pronatalist, 14, 8, 10, 11, 15, 29, 30, 36, 37,
40, 48, 52, 56, 60, 62, 64, 66, 735, 77,
78, 957, 99101, 107, 108, 11719,
122
private maternity clinics, 47, 48, 89
prostitute, 46
public health, 32, 49, 60, 625, 119
puericulture, 13

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Quran, 64, 94
quarantine, 47

tahrir registers, 7, 8
Takvim-i Vekayi, 58
Tanzimat, 3, 4, 8, 11, 53, 57, 68, 69, 75, 97,
registration of births and deaths, 8
118, 121, 122
Regulation Concerning the Practice of Local Tanzimat Edict, 57
Medicine in Ottoman Lands, 36
Tbbiye Nezareti, 39
Resimli Ay, 24
Tp Tarihi Arkivi, 20
retirement, 10, 41, 120
traditional midwives, 29, 35
Rhazez, 16
Turkish Red Crescent, 13
Turkish Society for the History of Medicine,
School of Medicine, 13, 23, 279, 34, 35,
13, 20
3741, 47, 51, 63, 64, 80
Trk Tp Tarihi Kurumu, 13
Second Constitutional Period, 93, 95, 97,
110
umbilical cord, 27, 34, 35
Sefile, 74
Upper Legislative Council, 27, 59
Sehremaneti, 37, 48
uterus, 20, 34, 36, 49, 55, 70, 85, 86, 97, 102,
sexual
104, 106, 112, 114
sexual dysfunctions, 92, 101, 102, 108,
118, 122
vaginismus, 103
sexual intercourse, 57, 81, 86, 91, 102,
venereal health, 101
106, 109, 11113, 115
Verem Savas Dernegi, 13
sexual power, 115, 116
volatility, 88
sexuality, 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 14, 56, 66, 75, 77,
volatility of the maternal body, 88
78, 88, 90, 96, 96, 99101, 107, 108
vomiting, 84
Seyyid Mehmed Tahir, 937
wards, 48
Sharia, 56
wellbeing
Shhiye Nezareti, 38
wellbeing of children, 113
smallpox, 66
wellbeing of population, 64, 66
social birth experience, 32
wet nurse, 157, 67, 68, 86, 88
social Darwinism, 95, 97
women healers, 16
stillbirth, 29, 36, 87
womens diseases, 21, 47, 48, 102
Sublime Porte, 47, 57, 58
womens prison, 49
Supreme Council for Judicial Ordinances,
57
Zabtiye Miri, 35
Sura-y Devlet, 7, 9, 36
Zeynep Kamil Maternity and Childrens
superstition, 17, 18, 22, 24, 26, 85, 86, 110
Hospital, 21
syphilis, 51, 65, 66

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