Abstract In Western states of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tuberculosis (TB) came to be regarded as one of the most lethal infectious diseases. Responses to this universal malady were globally interconnected and both reflected and created unique spatialities within the cultures, politics and practices of an emerging modern medicine. The late Ottoman Empire actively responded to TB, investing in medical research and international exchanges of knowledge and personnel. In this article we interrogate the geographic focus that Ottoman leaders began to place on dispensaries and homes as they searched for solutions. Concentrating on the writings of Besim Omer Akalin – due to his decisive positions in medicine and society and his prodigious record of publication – our analysis reveals that his contribution to this effort also focused heavily on medicalizing modern notions of home, womanhood and motherhood. Beyond seeking to harness women’s labor in the empire’s TB struggle, his agenda to raise a ‘women’s army’ also sought to utilize this struggle to gain better access to the population’s families while redefining women’s pivotal roles and obligations within their own households. Spanning the empire-to-republic transition, Akalin’s relevance and influence persist well into the present nation-state era, wherein he has been celebrated with numerous appellations that include ‘Turkey’s father of modern obstetrics and gynecology’. In addition to contributing to the global histories of TB and struggles to overcome it, our research also contributes to scholarship on the gendered domestication of health and wellness.

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药房、家庭和“妇女军队”：奥斯曼土耳其晚期的结核病地理和性别框架

摘要 在 19 世纪末 20 世纪初的西方国家，结核病 (TB) 开始被视为最致命的传染病之一。对这种普遍疾病的反应在全球范围内相互关联，并且在新兴现代医学的文化、政治和实践中反映并创造了独特的空间性。晚期奥斯曼帝国积极应对结核病，投资于医学研究和国际知识和人员交流。在本文中，我们询问奥斯曼领导人在寻找解决方案时开始将地理重点放在药房和家庭上。专注于 Besim Omer Akalin 的著作——由于他在医学和社会中的决定性地位以及他惊人的出版记录——我们的分析表明，他对这项工作的贡献也主要集中在医学化现代家庭、女性和母亲的概念上。除了在帝国的结核病斗争中寻求利用女性劳动力之外，他建立“女性军队”的议程还试图利用这一斗争来更好地接触人口家庭，同时重新定义女性在自己家庭中的关键角色和义务。跨越帝国到共和国的过渡，阿卡林的相关性和影响力一直延续到当前的民族国家时代，在这个时代，他以包括“土耳其现代妇产科之父”在内的众多称谓来庆祝。