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OBJECTIVE: In this study, we aim at introducing Shakir Efendi, who worked as municipality doctor for the longest time in Denizli in the last quarter of XIXth century, and his studies in the field of medicine, describing municipality doctors’ responsibilities, some health problems experienced and public health applications of the time.METHODS: Denizli Religious Registry Books and Ottoman archive documents, which were scanned and transcripted, have been evaluated. RESULTS: According to the documents we have examined, Shakir Efendi participated in operations with other surgeons, approved some doctors’ operation decisions and worked as forensic practitioner performing autopsy as well as ordinary treatment services. CONCLUSION: Shakir Efendi, who worked for the longest time as municipality doctor in the framework of law, was forced to give up his job as a result of a judicial investigation into his abuse of his profession.

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