title: A circumcision method in an old surgical textbook (Cerrahiyyetul Haniyye): reminding of a forgotten procedure.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Circumcision is one of the historical surgical procedures. Some sources throughout the history contain various definitions about different circumcision methods. we described the details of the method, and aimed to remind the possibility of contemporary usage.
  
  
  METHODS
  We compared circumcision chapters of Sabuncuoglu and Zahrawi to explain the historical origin of Sabuncuoglu's favorite circumcision method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found a method which might be summarized as "knotting with rope technique" in one of historical textbooks named as Cerrahiyyetul Haniyye (Imperial Surgery) written by Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu (1385-1468?) in 1465.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This circumcision method is not used currently. In addition this method has not been defined in the history of medical literature yet.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Health and Disease Hematology-Oncology Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. atillasenayli@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Atilla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Senayli
authors.affiliation: Department of the History of Medicine and Ethics, School of Medicine, Izmir University, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aksu
authors.affiliation: Department of History, Faculty of Science and Fine Arts, Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Munir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Atalar
mesh_terms: D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D049668:History, 15th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013782:Textbooks as Topic / Q000266:history*