Dergiler / Sabuncuoglu Serefeddin Health Sciences / 2019 / Cilt: 1 - Sayı: 1

Sabuncuoğlu Şerefeddin’s Surgical Treatise Cerrahiyetü’l-Haniyye and Its Significance in the History of Turkish Medicine

Sabuncuoğlu Şerefeddin’s Surgical Treatise Cerrahiyetü’l-Haniyye and Its Significance in the History of Turkish Medicine

H. Volkan ACAR

Sayfa
1–7
DOI
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Abstract

Cerrahiyetü’l-Haniyye is a work that has an important place in the history of Turkish medicine. The work which has been written by Şerefeddin Sabuncuoğlu (1385-1468?), a physician and surgeon from Amasya, gives us peerless information about the medical practices from 15th century Anatolia. The work is actually a surgical treatise and consists of three chapters: cauterization treatments, surgical procedures, and fractures and dislocations. Information related with almost every medical specialty of modern-day medicine appears in Cerrahiyetü’l-Haniyye. Medical treatment options (creams, pomades, ointments, lotions) were also discussed in detail in the work.