title: Serafeddin Sabuncuoğlu, the author of the earliest pediatric surgical atlas: Cerrahiye-i Ilhaniye.
abstract: The author of one of the earliest surgical books was Serafeddin Sabuncuoğlu, who was born in one of the ancient cities of Central Anatolia. In 1465, he wrote a surgical book in Turkish. The aim of this study was to investigate the details of this book and compare it with the old classics. It was observed that the book of Sabuncuoğlu did not contain only pictures or miniatures of pediatric surgical procedures, but there were many important and major new contributions to the surgical literature originally described by Sabuncuoğlu himself. He based his contributions and techniques on formerly designed and described procedures, moreover, developing and nourishing pediatric surgical culture of that era. Thus a combination of Greek, Roman, Arabic, and Turkish pediatric surgery combined extraordinarily and influenced the development of European pediatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Büyükünal
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sari
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D008488:Medical Illustration / Q000266:history*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*; D014421:Turkey