title: Ophthalmic chapters of Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu's illustrated surgical book (Cerrahiyyetü'l Haniyye) in the 15th century.
abstract: Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu wrote Cerrahiyyetü'l Haniyye (Imperial Surgery) in 1465. It was the first illustrated surgical textbook in the Turkish-Islamic medical literature. Only three handwritten copies exist. Cerrahiyyetü'l Haniyye consists of three chapters (412 pp.) covering a wide range of surgical specialties, including medical and surgical management of such ophthalmic diseases as chalazion, symblepharon, lymphangiectasia, pannus, proptosis, and hypopyon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Harran University School of Medicine, Sanliurfa, Turkey. hoguz@harran.edu.tr
authors.forename: Halit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oguz
mesh_terms: D001878:Books, Illustrated / Q000266:history*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000266:history; D049668:History, 15th Century; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration / Q000266:history; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history; D014421:Turkey