First colored illustration and detailed description of Hermaphroditism by a Turkish surgeon, serefeddin sabuncuoglu, in the 15th century
ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY, vol.59, no.6, pp.720-722, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 59 Issue: 6
- Publication Date: 2007
- Doi Number: 10.1097/sap.0b013e3180385aee
- Journal Name: ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.720-722
- Istanbul University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Cerrahiyyetu'l-HanJyye (Imperial Surgery), written by the surgeon Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu in the 15(th) century, is the first illustrated surgical book in Turkish-Islamic literature containing human figures. Sabuncuoglu had begun a new era by demonstrating for the first time the application of many surgical methods on human beings, with illustrations in the style of miniatures in his handwritten work. This was a first in medical history, and, owing to this property, Sabuncuoglu's book was one of the most important original works of that period.