Journal of - International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine

The Curing Power of the Old Thermal Spring Mentioned in Murad
Emrî Efendi’s “Bursa’s Natural Thermal Springs”
İbrahim İmran ÖZTAHTALI, Gülay DURMAZ
circulation and cause illnesses which effect all the inner organs
at the same time. Apart from these it is good for gonorrhea
and the color of the skin. Women losing their fertility
early under normal circumstances lose their fertility after
a certain age. The spring is also useful for the prevention of
cysts in the bladder, urinary organs and prostate glands, incontinence,
anuria and the relief of resulting pain and also
for patients suffering infertility before the expected period.
Third Type:
It is necessary to use the springs in the early stages of
excess growth on or around the genital organs. Also this
spring helps relieve the stiffness in the ovaries and the prostate
and also the twisting feeling in the tissues covering the
ovary canals or the mentioned organ tissues. The depression
caused by these illnesses causes swelling around the
body and the genital organs and may even cause repetition
of generally observed illnesses.
Forth Type:
Infertility, either caused by a malfunctioning womb or
other reasons such as the looseness or the blisters on the
neighboring organs resulting in discharge of fluids.
Fifth Type:
[Filbeyt ()] meaning and [nejüvlü sebt ()] named
illnesses causing repeating oedema, myoma in the lower
body and also headaches and poor or increased vision and
eye irritations and osteolysis are classified in this type.
Sixth Type:
It is an illness causing to decay the tissues (veins) gets infected
and stink which the Arabian doctors called milk disease.
Also the infected blood accumulating among the cells
whose unity is damaged causing slightly salty mucus. Patients
with these symptoms should use the Old Thermal Spring.
Ninth Type:
These are eye related illnesses like pain in the eyes old
wounds in the eye lids that have become tumourus infections.
Again the accumulation of aqueous humor in the eye lids
with blood and other mucus fluids which cause slight stains
on the cornea and may be loss of vision in the future. Also ear
related illnesses causing infectious ear pain, the looseness of
the eardrum resulting in partial hearing loss. As for the nose
partial or complete loss of smelling may be listed.
Other thermal springs located in çekirge: Buyu Güzel,
Vânî, Çekirge, Yeni Han and almost every household has
got a private thermal spring and they completely resemble
the Old Thermal Spring, thus they are especially more generous
and useful for curing illnesses women suffer from.
Conclusion
Therefore the nature is being used in many ways as
treatment for thousands of years. One of these which have
an important role in Turkish culture is the thermal springs.
Bursa is especially famous for thermal springs used for
medical treatment. The most famous of the springs are: Old
Thermal Spring, New Thermal Spring, Kükürtlü Thermal
Spring and Karamustafa Thermal Spring. These springs
have been used to cure dermal illnesses, infertility, gynecological
diseases, eye related illnesses, and sexual illnesses
for centuries. In 19 th century Bursa the Old Thermal
Spring has been used as a supplementary treatment for:
inner organ illnesses, pox, gynecological diseases, myoma
and swelling around genital organs, treatment of infectious
fistula and wounds, salty mucus treatment following the recovery
of major illnesses, eye illnesses, respiratory illnesses,
hemorrhoids and back pain, erectile dysfunction and pain
resulting from shrunk bladder.
Original Text:
Seventh Type:
An illness causing hair loss and occur when recovering
from major illnesses nahreş () Patients suffering from
mucus accumulation and long term hair loss may use and
benefit from the spring.
Eighth Type:
It is an incurable illness of the throat caused by tension
in the nerves. People call it as dry coughing. And it is the
incurable infection of the throat [tazyin-i renenin].
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