Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, cilt.21, ss.5-8, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify the Eastern and Western authors and physicians quoted by Katib-zade Mehmed Refi. Efendi (died 1769), the chief physician of the Ottoman Empire, in his work Risala. illat mathana. The study also aimed to determine whether Katib-zade Me.med Refi. Efendi benefited from the views of the physicians that he mentioned in his treatise and, if so, from which works he benefited. Materials and Methods: In this study, a copy of Katibzade Mehmed Refi. Efendi's Risala 'i rabi fi al-mathana, with the registration number T 3796/4 in the Turkish manuscripts section of the Istanbul University Rare Books Library, was examined. Eastern and Western physicians mentioned by Katib-zade Mehmed Refi' Efendi in this work were first identified; then, a literature search was conducted regarding these authors and their works. Results: In his Risala illat mathana, Katib-zade Mehmed Refi. Efendi mentions the names of eminent Eastern physicians and quotes from their works. For example, he mentions Ibn Sina (980-1037) and his work al-Qanun fi al-ibb, Najib al-din al-Samarqandi (died 1222) and his work al-Asbab wa l- alamat, and Ibn Masaway. (died 857). He also mentions the names of Western physicians and their works. For example, he mentions Lazarus Riverius (1589-1655), Ioannes Fernelius (1497-1558), Petrus Forestus (1521-1597), and Amatus Lusitanus (1511-1568). Conclusions: Regarding sources, Katib-zade Mehmed Refi. Efendi refers to The Canon of Medicine and a commentary on al-Asbab wa l-. alamat written by alKirmani in his work. His main Western source was Lazarus Riverius's Praxis Medica. More specifically, he draws on the section of Praxis Medica titled "Dysuria seu ardoris urine curatio." Katib-zade Me.med Refi also refers to other Western physicians, including Ioannes Fernelius, Petrus Forestus, and Amatus Lusitanus. These physicians are actually the physicians mentioned and quoted in the section of Lazarus Riverius' work mentioned above.