[WW1 / EPIDEMIC DISEASES IN THE LEVANTINE PORTS] ALS by Mersin Governor Besim Bey, written on official letterhead during WW1, instructing the municipal medical office to administer cholera, smallpox, and typhoid vaccines to the local population

BESIM BEY (The governor of Mersin). Mersin Sancağı Tahrirat Müdüriyeti, Mersin, AH 1332 [1916 CE]. Complete title: [WW1 / EPIDEMIC DISEASES IN MEDITERRANEAN PORTS / HISTORY OF MEDICINE Autograph letter written on a paper with letterhead of the "Mersin District Directorate of Correspondence" by the Mutasarrif (Governor) of Mersin, Besim Bey, addressed to the municipal medical office regarding the administration of cholera, smallpox, and typhoid vaccines to the local population during WW1. An original Ottoman Turkish document written in ink on grid paper with an official stamped letterhead, 18 x 11 cm in size, consisting of 5 lines, signed “Mersin Mutasarrifi Arif Besim.” A historically important autograph letter/document was written during WW1 by Besim Bey, the Mutasarrif (Governor) of Mersin, on official letterhead of the “Mersin District Directorate of Correspondence.” Addressed to the municipal medical office, it urgently calls for administering cholera, smallpox, and typhoid vaccine