Hashim Al-Witry
{{Short description|Iraqi physician and author (1893–1961)}}
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| name = Hashim Al-Witry
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| office = 4th Dean of the Royal Iraqi College of Medicine
| term_start = November 1937
| term_end = November 1939
| predecessor = Ahmed Kadri
| successor = Saib Shawkat
| term_start2 = June 1941
| term_end2 = December 1942
| predecessor2 = Saib Shawkat
| successor2 = Harry Sinderson
| term_start3 = June 1946
| term_end3 = February 1953
| predecessor3 = Harry Sinderson
| successor3 = Jalal Al-Azzawi
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| term4 = 1938
| term_start5 = 1943
| term_end5 = 1953
| office6 = President of Bayt Al-Hikma
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| term_end6 = 1958
| birth_date = {{birth date text|1893}}
| birth_place = Baghdad Vilayet
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Sayyid Hashim Al-Witry M.D.[https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/fellowship FRCP] (1893 – 17 January 1961) (Arabic: الاستاذ الدكتور السيد هاشم الوِتْرِي) was an Iraqi physician and author born in Baghdad.{{Cite web|title=Hashim Al-Witry {{!}} RCP Museum|url=https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/hashim-al-witry|access-date=2021-02-26|website=history.rcplondon.ac.uk}}{{Cite book|last=الدملوجي|first=سالم|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVJ8YNWhRaQC&dq=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B0+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF+%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A&pg=PA180|title=الكلية الطبية الملكية العراقية|date=2002|publisher=AIRP|isbn=978-9953-441-51-1|pages=180|language=ar|trans-title=College of Medicine University of Baghdad, book by Salim Al-Damluji}} He was one of the founders of the Royal College of Medicine of Iraq in which he worked in as a professor and dean. He was a key contributor to the establishment of the Iraq Academy, of which he was vice president then president for two periods: 1938; and 1943 to 1953.{{Cite journal|date=1961|title=Hashim Al-Witri, M.D., F.R.C.P.|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20352954|journal=The British Medical Journal|volume=1|issue=5230|pages=972|jstor=20352954|issn=0007-1447}} He was an elected member of the Iraqi Academy of Science and a second Vice President to the academy. He also re-established the House of Wisdom "Bayt Al-Hikma, Scientific institution intellectual" and was its president from 1953 to 1958.{{Cite web|title=الاستاذ المرحوم الدكتور هاشم يحيى قاسم الوتري {{!}} نقابة اطباء العراق|trans-title=Hashim Yahya Qasim Al-Witry {{!}} Iraqi Medical Association.|url=https://www.ima.org.iq/ar/view/170#|access-date=2021-03-06|website=www.ima.org.iq}}
Background
Sayyid Hashim Al-Witry was born in Baghdad in 1983 into a family of a noble Alids descend and Hashemites lineage known by "House of Al-Witry" (Arabic: آل ألوتري),{{Cite book|last=السامرائي|first=يونس ابراهيم|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__wIAQAAIAAJ&q=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AA+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9+%D9%81%D9%8A+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82|title=القبائل والبيوتات الهاشمية في العراق|date=1986|publisher=Y. I. Sāmarrāʼī|pages=23|language=ar|trans-title=Hashemites Houses and Tribes in Iraq, book by Yunus Ibrahim Al-Samerai}}{{Cite book|last=Baṣrī|first=Mīr|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pa0PAAAAYAAJ&q=%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A8+%D9%81%D9%8A+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AB+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A|title=أعلام الادب في العراق الحديث|date=1994|publisher=دار الحكمة،|isbn=978-1-898209-46-1|pages=162, 327|language=ar|trans-title=Notables of Literature in Modern Iraq}} therefore inheriting him the honourable title "Sayyid" and its corresponding "Sharif" He used this honorific title on most of his paperwork and documentation.{{Cite book|last=الدملوجي|first=سالم|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVJ8YNWhRaQC&dq=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B0+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF+%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A&pg=PA180|title=الكلية الطبية الملكية العراقية|date=2002|publisher=AIRP|isbn=978-9953-441-51-1|pages=181|language=ar|trans-title=College of Medicine University of Baghdad, book by Salim Al-Damluji}}
His father was Sayyid Yahya Al-Witry, scholar and Judge in Baghdad, he had a council in Al-Khulafa Mosque known by "House of Al-Witry Council" (Arabic: مجلس آل ألوتري) which he led until his death in 1922; it was then led by his son Sayyid Mahmoud Al-Witry who died in 1947 and was subsequently led by Hashim Al-Witry.{{Cite book|last=إبراهيم|first=دروبي،|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jW0tAQAAIAAJ&q=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%BA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86+%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%85+%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%87%D9%85|title=البغداديون: أخبارهم ومجالسهم : كتاب يبحث عن مجالس بغداد ...|date=2001|publisher=دار الشؤون الثقافية العامة "آفاق عربية"،|pages=78|language=ar|trans-title=Baghdadis, their news and their councils}}
Sayyid Hashim Al-Witry completed his secondary education locally;{{Cite book|last1=ياسين|first1=أعظمي، صباح|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmhJAAAAYAAJ&q=%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A|title=أعلام المجمع العلمي العراقي :: 2004-1947 م /|last2=Aʻẓamī|first2=Ṣabāḥ Yāsīn|date=2005|publisher=الدار العربية للموسوعات،|pages=16|language=ar|trans-title=Notables of the Iraqi Academy of Science}} since the Middle East was under the occupation of the Ottoman Empire, he proceeded for his medical education to Istanbul and he graduated from the Imperial School of Medicine in 1918, currently known as the Haydarpaşa Campus of Marmara University and commissioned as a captain in the medical service.
Career
= Early experience =
After the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of the Iraqi Monarchy he returned to Iraq and joined the cadre of physicians of the Royal Iraqi Hospital in 1920. In 1925 he became in charge of the department of Internal Medicine until his retirement in 1959. He also established the first department of neuropathology within the hospital, and was also a delegate of the Iraqi International Society of Internal Medicine.{{Cite web|date=22 May 2019|title=شيخ الأطباء الدكتور هاشم الوتري|trans-title=Sheik of Physicians, Doctor Hashim Al-Witry|url=https://www.almadasupplements.com//view.php?cat=21046|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.almadasupplements.com}}
= Royal College of Medicine of Iraq =
Al-Witry played a prominent part at establishing the first medical college in Iraq, he founded the Royal College of Medicine of Iraq in 1927, alongside Sir Harry C. Sinderson Pasha (1891–1974){{Cite web|title=College of Medicine University of Baghdad|url=https://en.uobaghdad.edu.iq/?page_id=15047|access-date=2021-02-26|language=en-US}} and was the dean of the faculty for many years. He also founded the Journal of the Faculty of Medicine of Iraq in 1936 and remained its chief editor until his death.{{Cite web|title=Journal of the Faculty of Medicine|url=https://iasj.net/iasj/journal/9/about|access-date=2021-08-22|website=iasj.net}}{{Cite web|title=About the Journal {{!}} Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad|url=https://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/about|access-date=2021-08-22|website=iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq}}
In 1943 he announced the establishment of higher specialised academic education within the college and providing higher qualifications i.e. MD, MS in general operation and PhD in main science.{{Cite web|title=Alwitri: The father of modern neurosurgery in Iraq|url=https://surgicalneurologyint.com/surgicalint-articles/alwitri-the-father-of-modern-neurosurgery-in-iraq/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Surgical Neurology International|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=English|url=http://bcolmed.weebly.com/english.html|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Baghdad College of Medicine|language=en}}
Honouring
In 1949, Al-Witry was elected to be a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, under a unique regulation that only members of the college who have distinguished themselves in the practice of medicine, or in the pursuit of General Science or Literature.{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Kevin|title=Start reading The Dangers of Poetry {{!}} Culture, Politics, and Revolution in Iraq|url=https://www.sup.org/books/extra/?id=31540&i=Excerpt%20from%20Introduction.html|access-date=2021-08-26|website=Stanford University Press|language=en}} The Iraq Academy hosted a ceremony honouring his achievement and among the invitees was the prominent poet Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri who recited a panegyric for al-Witri and praised his knowledge, his care for patience, and patriotic stances.{{Cite web|title=محمد مهدي الجواهري – هاشم الوتري|url=https://iraqiwritersunion.com/282--.html|access-date=2021-08-21|website=الاتحاد العام للأدباء والكتاب في العراق}}{{Cite book|last=سالم|first=دملوجي،|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVJ8YNWhRaQC&dq=%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A&pg=PA186|title=الكلية الطبية الملكية العراقية: من خلال سيرة ذاتية|date=2003|publisher=AIRP|isbn=978-9953-441-51-1|language=ar}}
Publications and researches
Alongside his educational and medical career, Al-Witry researched and publishing many books and articles related to medical studies involving first aid, clinical medicine, neurology, medicine history in Iraq, most of them are still being used in the medical teaching in Iraq; among his publication are as follows:{{Cite book|last=الحجاج|first=عادل محمد علي الشيخ حسين|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjBaDwAAQBAJ&dq=%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A+%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA&pg=PA357|title=معجم مؤلفات الأعلام: يتناول ما صدر من مؤلفات لأعلام عرب معاصرين في معظم العلوم والفنون والآداب|date=1 January 2012|publisher=Al Manhal|isbn=9796500075372|pages=357|language=ar}}{{Cite book|last1=ياسين|first1=أعظمي، صباح|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmhJAAAAYAAJ&q=%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85+%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A|title=أعلام المجمع العلمي العراقي :: 2004-1947 م /|last2=Aʻẓamī|first2=Ṣabāḥ Yāsīn|date=2005|publisher=الدار العربية للموسوعات،|pages=17|language=ar|trans-title=Notables of the Iraqi Academy of Sciences}}{{Cite book|last=Witry|first=Hashim Al|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a3owAQAAIAAJ&q=5th|title=Health Services in Iraq|date=1944|publisher=New Publishers Iraq|language=en}}
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|Neurological diseases |الأمراض العصبية |1945 |Baghdad |
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|Kidney disease |الأمراض الكلوية |1943 |Baghdad |
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|The history of medicine in Iraq with the emergence and progress of the Royal Iraqi Medical College |تاريخ الطب في العراق مع نشوء وتقدم الكلية الطبية الملكية العراقية |1939 |Baghdad |
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|First Aid Lessons |دروس الأسعافات ألطبية ألأولية |1928 |Baghdad |
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|Clinical medicine lectures |محاضرات في الطب السريري |1945 |Baghdad |
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|Glossary of medical terms |معجم المصطلحات الطبية |1941 |Baghdad |
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|Articles in ancient Arabic medicine |مقالات في الطب العربي القديم |1955 |Baghdad |
| 8
|Summary of the book studies in the renal blood cycle |ملخص كتاب الدراسات في دورة الكلية الدموية |1952 |Baghdad |
| 9
|Health services in Iraq |الخدمات الصحية في العراق |1944 |Baghdad |
Personal life
He married Sharifa Al-Witry and had a son named Saad Al-Witry, a neurosurgeon who graduated from the Royal Iraqi College of Medicine in 1956 and founded the first neurosurgery department in Iraq in 1970.
Al-Witry died on 17 January 1961. He was buried in Ghazali Cemetery.{{Cite book|last=سالم|first=دملوجي،|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVJ8YNWhRaQC&dq=%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%85+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A&pg=PA186|title=الكلية الطبية الملكية العراقية: من خلال سيرة ذاتية|date=2003|publisher=AIRP|isbn=978-9953-441-51-1|pages=186|language=ar}}
References
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External links
- {{in lang|ar}} "[https://comed.uobaghdad.edu.iq/?page_id=21667 Deans of the University of Baghdad College of Medicine from 1927 to 2016]"
- {{in lang|ar}} "[https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=19657 في ذكرى رحيل الدكتور هاشم الوتري]" [In memory of the deceased Doctor Hashim Al-Witry]
- {{in lang|ar}} "[http://iamiraq.com/2018/10/26/الدكتور-هاشم-الوتري/ (الدكتور هاشم الوتري (انا العراق]" [Doctor Hashim Al-Witry (I'm Iraq)]
- {{in lang|ar}} "[http://www.almadasupplements.com/pdf/05-4436/21.pdf شيخ الأطباء الدكتور هاشم الوتري]" [Sheikh of Physicians Doctor Hashim Al-Witry] (23 May 2019) (www.almadasupplements.com) (الدكتور كمال السامرائي يتحدث عن رحيل الوتري)
- Press, Stanford University. "[https://www.sup.org/books/extra/?id=31540&i=Excerpt%20from%20Introduction.html Start reading The Dangers of Poetry | Kevin M. Jones]". www.sup.org. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
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