ERCIYES MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.43, sa.5, ss.513-518, 2021 (ESCI)
Objective: Cancer is a disease known since prehistoric times; and both Western and Eastern medical literature have many works contain its causes and treatment during the ancient and medieval times. The aim of this study is to introduce cancer and its treatment in Ottoman jarrah-names in the classical period (1450-1730) and to make a contribution to literature of Turkish history of medicine by determining the place of this information.