Music treatment methods and hospitals in Anatolia from Ancient Ages to the present

Music, which is generally called the most important concept that reflects the joys and sorrows of human beings as well as their mood, is one of the treatment methods that have been used for a long time. In this study, the benefits and effects on human health of music applied by treatment practitioners such as physicians and shamans in certain periods of time from ancient times to the present which have remained in the background due to the emergence of modern medicine and medical science over time and the more specific treatment methods are discussed. In the study we discuss importance given to music in the Ancient Times and the way of treatment with music in the Asclepion of Pergamon, which is one of the treatment centers through out history in Anatolia; the music used for therapeutic purposes in the Seljuk and Ottoman Health centers and which musical maqams used in the treatment were curative for some diseases and the instruments used in the treatment, areas of use and case examples where the treatment was applied. It is thought that music therapy has been used since the past, and besides today's advanced medical techniques, music therapy is an alternative supplementary element in the field of medicine.