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 Kātib-zāde Meḥmed Refīʿ Efendi (died 1769), the chief physician of the Ottoman Empire, in his work Risāla ʿillat mathāna. The study also aimed to determine whether Kātib-zāde Meḥmed Refīʿ 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 Kātibzāde Meḥmed Refīʿ Efendi’s Risāla ’i rābiʿ fī al-mathāna, 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 Kātib-zāde Meḥmed Refī’ Efendi in this work were first identified; then, a literature search was conducted regarding these authors and their works. Results: In his Risāla ʿillat mathāna, Kātib-zāde Meḥmed Refīʿ Efendi mentions the names of eminent Eastern physicians and quotes from their works. For example, he mentions Ibn Sīnā (980-1037) and his work al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb, Najīb al-dīn al-Samarqandī (died 1222) and his work al-Asbāb wa l-ʿalāmāt, and Ibn Māsawayḩ (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, Kātib-zāde Meḥmed Refīʿ Efendi refers to The Canon of Medicine and a commentary on al-Asbāb wa l-ʿalamāt written by alKirmānī 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.” Kātib-zāde Meḥmed Refīʿ 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.