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The Sabuncuoğlu Museum of Medicine and Surgical History is a significant medical history museum formed through the functional transformation of a historic health facility located in the city center of Amasya. The museum was established following the restoration of the historic Bimarhane, which housed some of the earliest examples of music-based therapeutic practices in Anatolia. The building, which has served various purposes across different periods from the Middle Ages to the present, holds a

Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine is a collective term for practices that fall outside modern medicine and are based on historical, cultural or natural origins. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as the totality of knowledge, skills and practices based on theories developed in different cultures for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and maintenance of physical and mental health. Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine is often applie

Makam music is a traditional musical system that for centuries was used in Ottoman medicine and the Islamic world to treat spiritual and physical ailments. This practice is based on the belief that music can influence an individual’s psychophysiological balance. Makams have been regarded as possessing the potential to affect a person’s emotional state through specific tone sequences and the emotional characteristics inherent in those sequences. It was believed that different makams exerted disti