title: Ottoman surgical treatises and their influences on modern neurosurgery in Turkey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To introduce the authors of 6 prominent Ottoman surgical treatises, to present the chapters that relate to present-day neurosurgery, and to discuss their influence on the establishment of modern Turkish neurosurgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Neurosurgery-related chapters of 6 prominent Ottoman surgical treatises and their role i the establishment of modern neurosurgery in Turkey are discussed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Neurosurgery-related chapters of "Hulasa-i Tıbb" by Surgeon Mesud (Summary of Medicine), "Cerrahhiyet-al Haniyye" by Şerefeddin Sabuncuoğlu (Imperial Surgery), "Cerrahname" by an unknown author (Surgical Treatise), "Ala'im-i Cerrahin" by Surgeon Ibrahim (Wonders of Surgeons) "Cerrahname" by Ali Munşi of Bursa (Surgical Treatise), and "The law of surgeons" by Şanizade Ataullah Mehmed Efendi (Kanun-al Cerrahin) were analyzed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These treatises, including sections on neurosurgery-related topics, were important influences on the establishment of contemporary neurosurgery in modern Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Spine Surgery Section, Neurosurgery Clinic, Private Koru Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: uygurer@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Uygur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Er
authors.forename: M Necmettin
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pamir
mesh_terms: D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000601:surgery; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000601:surgery; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends*; D057214:Ottoman Empire; D010820:Physicians; D013782:Textbooks as Topic / Q000266:history; D014421:Turkey
keywords: History of neurosurgery; History of surgery; Surgery; Surgical treatise