Dr. Ratip Kazancigil was born in Malatya in 1920. He completed his primary and secondary education in Malatya, his hometown. In 1943, he graduated from Istanbul Uni- versity Faculty of Medicine, which he had attended with a scholarship. Dr. Kazancigil has continued his professional life, which started in Aydin as a candidate physician for "The Central Branch of Aydin Malaria Battle Area", in Edirne. He served as the Chairman of Thrace Fighting Malaria, President of Thrace Malaria Battle Area, President of Edirne Malaria Battle Regional Group, and the Edirne Province-Health Authority. He is also the founder of the Department of Medical History and Ethics at Trakya University School of Medicine and Trakya University Complex of Sultan Bayezid II Health Museum. During our interviews in 2009 and 2015, Dr. Ratip Kazancigil provided us informa- tion about the health and social life of the city that he grew up. He emphasized that folk medicine exists in Malatya as well as scientific medicine. Kazancigil also told that a hospital, a dispensary, and a maternity hospital existed in Malatya during the early years of the Republic. He mentioned physician-patient relati- onship and explained how the Republican reforms changed the social life in Malatya.