[Orders of veterinarians of the Ottoman Army]. / Osmanli Imparatorlugunda Veterinerlere Verilen Göreve Ait Nisanlar.

This article deals with orders for veterinary duty in the Ottoman Army. Although there were various kinds of decorations for the doctor, there was only one for the veterinarian. In addition, there were two kinds of farrier orders. The scarcity of veterinary decorations were probably due to the fact that the duty was considered a manual trade rather than a scientific discipline. Instruction of veterinary medicine in school was started in the second half of the nineteenth century. The pictures of the decorations presented in this article were taken from the album compiled by Bogos Efendi, the chief jeweller of Sultan Abdülmecid and kept in the Topkapi Palace Museum Library.

[Orders of medicine given to the Ottoman physicians]. / Osmanli Imparatorluginda Tabiblere Verilen Tababet Nisanlari.

During Sultan Mahmut the seconds reign, the Ottoman state and army was reorganized after the European system. Besides renovating suits, orders like those given to European military officers were introduced for Ottoman officers and soldiers. These orders were designed differently according to the military officer's class. Orders of appointment were also starting to be given to those charged by the state. This paper introduces orders which were starting to be given in 1929 to civil and military physicians, surgeons, pharmacologists and medical students. These orders were made from jewelled gold and silver.

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