AUTHOR'S ARTICLES
The Medical Organization at the Ottoman Court
by Nil Sari Published on: 26th March 2009
The Ottoman imperial Palace was quite different from Western palaces and courts, for it was not only the residence of the Ottoman Sultans and their royal household, but also served to various other functions as…
Ottoman Music Therapy
by Nil Sari Published on: 11th March 2009
Music has been used as a mean of therapy through the centuries to counter all kinds of disorders by various peoples. Physicians and musicians in the Ottoman civilization were aware of the music therapy in…
Women Dealing with Health during the Ottoman Reign
by Nil Sari Published on: 28th February 2009
In the history of Islamic civilization, many hospitals were founded by women, either as wives, daughters or mothers of sultans. All health personnel were male at these hospitals. In the Ottoman period, the female patients…
The Paracelsian Influence on Ottoman Medicine
by Nil Sari Published on: 25th February 2009
Galen's concept of medicine which dominated the medical world almost nearly for fifteen centuries began to loose its importance in the 16th century. At that time, Paracelsus (1493-1541) introduced a new medical understanding based on…
Circumcision Ceremonies at the Ottoman Palace
by Nil Sari Published on: 12th February 2009
Circumcision is widely practiced in all Islamic countries. Festivities pertaining to circumcision vary according to the regions and civilizations. In this report, circumcision festivities at the Ottoman Palace and the socioeconomic importance of the tradition…
Food as Medicine in Muslim Civilization
by Nil Sari Published on: 9th January 2009
The subject of food and diet was very essential in the Islamic Cuisine. Both of them were very important in the most of the medical manuscripts in the Ottoman world. Balanced diet was also important…
Hindiba: A Drug for Cancer Treatment in Muslim Heritage
by Nil Sari Published on: 6th June 2007
Hindiba is a plant of Middle Eastern lands. Its therapeutic value as a drug for the treatment of various diseases, including cancer. The following detailed study by Professor Nil Sari investigates the historical and medical…
Ethical Aspects of Ottoman Surgical Practice
by Nil Sari Published on: 27th December 2006
Information about the requirements and expectations of medical ethics regarding surgery during the Ottoman period is found in medical manuscripts; while the moral principles based on Islamic Canon Law (Shari'ah) and the oral tradition (the…
The Earliest Paediatric Surgical Atlas: Cerrahiye-i Ilhaniye
by Nil Sari Published on: 7th September 2005
The author of one of the earliest surgical books was Serafeddin Sabuncuoglu. In 1465, he wrote a surgical book in Turkish which contained not only pictures or miniatures of paediatric surgical procedures, but there were…
Educating Ottoman Physicians
by Nil Sari Published on: 2nd September 2005
Medical doctors in the time of the Ottomans had various routes into professional life depending on their specialty. Some were trained on the model of master and apprentice, others studied courses at madrasas and at…
Beauty, Hair and Body Care in the Canon of Ibn Sina
by Nil Sari Published on: 17th June 2005
The seventh and last art mentioned in the fourth book of the Canon of Medicine by Ibn Sina is assigned to the theme of "zina", that is beauty and physical appearance. It consists of four…