According to the epigraph placed upon the rather ornate portal, the hospital and the asylum were built in the name of Sultan Olcayto and his wife İldiz Hatun by Anber Bin Abdullah in 1308, during the Ilkhanate reign in Amasya. The building is modeled after the classical Seljuk medresseh with iwans - vaulted rooms with one side open to a court – facing each other, a courtyard with archways on two opposing sides beyond the iwans and additional vaulted rooms beyond the archways. The facade, the iwans and the archways are built of hewn stone whereas the rest is built of broken stones. All the adornments of the otherwise plain building concentrate on the monumental portal on the facade and the windows placed on both sides of it. The portal is placed high on the facade, which stresses its monumental beauty. The geometrical and plastic patterned stonework, which is typical of Seljuk architecture, are among the most beautiful samples of the period they belong to. Many patterns, typical of stone craftsmanship of the early Seljuk architecture, observed frequently in the buildings in Sivas, Konya and Divriği can be seen on the portal of the building. The relief of a kneeling man on the keystone of the arch of the portal, which is surrounded with a triangular niche, adorned with muqarnas edging was first used in this building. The aesthetic quality of the facade is complemented with the grand windows on both sides of the portal. Darüşşifa was both a medical school and a building where the sick were treated. The Darüşşifa in Amasya was an important institution which later became a center of applied medical sciences. This rather advanced hospital of the period, which was a place where cutting edge medical practices were put into use for the treatment of the patients and operations carried out was also a school where these practices were fully taught to future doctors. The distinguishing feature of the Darüşşifa of Amasya, though, was that it was the first medical institution where the patients were cured with music and the sound of water. The most eminent doctor who was educated in the Darüşşifa of Amasya was Sabuncuzade Şerafeddin bin Ali. Sabuncuzade Şerafeddin bin Ali was the most renowned surgeon of the period who had written a book, titled Kitab-ül Cerrahiya-i İlhaniyye (The Surgery Book of the İlkhanate), which included miniature paintings and was dedicated to Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror. The Bimarhane, where people with mental disorders were treated with music still maintains its musical tradition. The building which was heavily damaged by the earthquake in 1939 was last restored between 1992 and 1997 and is used as the Municipal Academy of Music today. The cool and peaceful patio of the Bimarhane brims with the sound of the musicians and musical instruments through out the day and hosts two concerts every week, one of Turkish Classical Music and one of Turkish Folk Music. One of the halls in the building is used as the Museum of Turkish Musical Instruments.