ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 10

Activities of doctors in the fergana valley (late 19th - early 20th centuries)

1Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan

2PhD Student, Department of History of Uzbekistan, Andijan State University, Uzbekistan

Online published on 1 December, 2020.

Abstract

The article analyzes the formation of European medical institutions in the Fergana region in the late 19th - early 20th centuries, their types and activities, the use and attitude of the local population to these medical services. The reasons for the increase in the number of people visiting them from every year, the attitude of European health workers to traditional medicine are also discussed. Also, problems were identified in the work of medical institutions.

Keywords

Medicine, Dispensaries, Doctor, Folk Medicine, Colony, Fergana Region, Turkestan, Russian Empire