[First Turkish journal of neurology and psychiatry: "Emraz-i Akliye ve Asabiye Müsamereleri"].

Prof. Mazhar Osman (Uzman, 1884-1951), the director of the historical La Paix psychiatric institution in Sişli, Istanbul organized regular meetings for the public in the later years of the First World War. The hospital itself was founded by the French St. Vincent order during the Crimean War of 1853-1855, and subsequently granted permission by the Sultan to care for the mentally ill of all nations within the Ottoman Empire. Mazhar Osman edited and published the proceedings of these conferences in the periodical titled "Emraz-i Akliye ve Asabiye Müsamereleri" (Transactions of Psychiatry and Neurology) which in fact is the first journal in Turkish in the field. The titles in this significant and rare collection are reviewed, and indices and glossary of related Ottoman medical terms provided to facilitate the study of history of modern Turkish neuropsychiatry.