ʿAlī b. Rabben eṭ-Ṭaberī'nin Firdevsu'l-Ḥikme fī'ṭ-Ṭıbb adlı eserinde çocukların tedbiri ve sağlığın korunması üzerine * On regime of the children and protection of health in ʿAlī b. Rabban al-Ṭabarī's Firdaws al-Ḥikma fī al-Ṭibb

Osmanlı Devleti'nde, üçüncü hekimbaşılığı döneminde, 14 Mart 1827'de Tıbḫāne-i Āmire'nin açılmasını sağlayan ve büyük bir kısmı tıp üzerine olmak üzere, çeşitli eserler telif ve tercüme eden Muṣṭafā Behcet Efendi (1774-1834), Türk tıp tarihinin önemli ve öncü isimlerinden birisidir. Türk tıp tarihi literatürü gözden geçirildiğinde Muṣṭafā Behcet Efendi'nin hayatı ile telif ve tercüme ettiği eserlerini de kapsayan önemli çalışmaların yapıldığı ve yayımlandığı görülmektedir. Tertīb-i Eczā, Kolera Risālesi, Frengi Risālesi, Buffon'un Histoire Naturelles'inin tercümesi [Tārīḫ-i Ṭabīʿī], Hezār Esrār gibi eserlerinin yanı sıra, bu çalışmanın da konusunu oluşturan Rūḥye Risālesi isimli bir eseri de bulunmaktadır. Türk tıp tarihi literatüründe Rūḥye Risālesi'ni ele alan eserlerde adı geçen risalenin Hekimbaşı Muṣṭafā Behcet Efendi tarafından yazılmış olduğu genelde kabul edilen bir bilgi olmakla birlikte, bazı yazarlar tarafından Şānīzāde Meḥmed Aṭāʾullah Efendi'nin de Störck'ten bu adla bir çeviri yapmış olduğunu ileri sürdükleri görülmektedir. Bu makalede Rūḥye Risālesi'nin orijinini açıklamaya yönelik ilginç bulguların sunulması ve bu bilgilerin Türk tıp tarihi literatürüne kazandırılması amaçlanmıştır.

Regimen of elders in Kitāb al-Dhakhīra fī 'Ilm al-Tibb by Thābit b. Qurra. Objective: This study aimed to examine the chapter related to regimen of elders in Kitāb al-Dhakhīra fī ʿIlm al-Ṭibb by Thābit b. Qurra (836-901 AD), a renowned translator and scholar of the translation period of Islamic science and medicine. Materials and Methods: An exact copy of Kitāb al-Dhakhīra fī ʿIlm al-Ṭibb edited by G. Sobhy and printed in al-Ma ba'at al-Āmīriyye was examined and compared to the manuscript in the Şehit Ali Paşa Collection, nr. 2028, in the Süleymaniye Manuscript Library in Istanbul. The subchapter on regimen of elders was translated and has been discussed. Results: Information on regimen of elders is the last subheading of the first chapter, which is on health protection. Considering the content, the physiology and pathology of senility and its related regimen are coherent with the principles of the humoral theory. Conclusion: As Thābit b. Qurra mentioned, the main source of information regarding regimen of elders in Kitāb al-Dhakhīra fī ʿIlm al-Ṭibb seems to be the writings of Galen.

Aim of this study was to determine whether Vesalius and Valverde influenced Shams al-Dīn ʿItāqī considering the figures and several statements in Tashrīḥ al-Abdān wa Tarjamān Qibāla Faylasūfān. The statements and figures in illustrated copies of ʿItāqī’s book were examined and compared to those in Galen’s, Avicenna’s, Vesalius’s, and Valverde’s works, then the findings were evaluated. ʿItāqī’s book contains some figures only from Vesalius and/or Valverde’s works, but there is no new explanation related to issues such as the mandible, the sacrum, the rete mirabile, and the uterus. The Latin edition of Valverde’s book published in 1607 was probably the source of the Western-originated illustrations in the manuscript Hüsrev Paşa, Nr. 464 and of all the Western-based illustrations, except for the female figure in the manuscript of Istanbul University, Turkish Manuscripts, TY 2662. Spanish and/or Italian and/or Latin (1589) editions of Valverde’s book were the sources of most of the Western-originated illustrations, except the human skeleton figure in the manuscript of Prof. Uzluk’s personal collection. The information given by the works of Vesalius and Valverde has not influenced the explanations of ʿItāqī. ʿItāqī wrote his book according to the classical anatomical knowledge in the Islamic world of his era and he added Eastern- and Western-originated figures to his book to support/strengthen his statements. Or ʿItāqī work Tasrīḥ al-Abdān originally contained no illustrations. However, later, scribes/copiers added Eastern- and Western-originated anatomical figures to the book to support/strengthen statements at different times.