title: The oncologic surgery of Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu in the 15th century.
abstract: Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu (AD 1385-1468) was the author of the first illustrated surgical textbook in the Turkish-Islamic literature, Cerrahiyyet'ul-Haniyye (Imperial Surgery), written in old Turkish in 1465. Cerrahiyyet'ul-Haniyye, consists of three chapters and 193 sections which include coloured miniatures of surgical procedures, incisions, and instruments, for a variety of surgical specialties, including oncology. Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu was a surgeon, medical teacher, deontologist and a miniature artist who should be remembered as a contributor to the modern medical practice six centuries later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Harran University School of Medicine, Sanliurfa, Turkey. averit@harran.edu.tr
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Verit
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kafali
mesh_terms: D049668:History, 15th Century; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration / Q000266:history; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000266:history*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013782:Textbooks as Topic / Q000266:history*; D014421:Turkey