Kitab-ı Tercüme-i Tezkire-i Dâvûd Fî İlmüt’t- Tıbb’da Kanser ve Bitkisel ve Hayvansal Tedavi Yolları ile İlgili Öneriler
Recommendations on Cancer and Herbal and Animal Treatment Methods in Kitab-ı Tercüme-i Tezkire-i Dâvûd Fî İlmüt't-Tıbb

Author(s): Nevzat Topal
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, 17th Century, 18th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Özgür Yayın Dağıtım Ltd. Şti.
Keywords: Kitab-ı Tercüme-i Tezkire-i Dâvûd Fî İlmüt't-Tıbb; medical book;
Summary/Abstract: In this study, the cancer disease mentioned in Kitab-ı Tercüme-i Tezkire-i Dâvûd Fî İlmüt't-Tıbb (KTDT) and the recommended treatment methods for the cure of this disease are included. This work is the translation of Dâvûd-ı Antakî's famous medical book into 17th century Turkish. However, the translation includes only the third part of Antakî's translation of his work Teẕkiretü Uli'l-Elbāb ve'l-Cāmiü li'l-Acebi'l-Ucāb, whose meaning is notes to the wise, a compilation of unknowns and oddities. In the third part of the work, drugs, foods, animal products, minerals to be used for treatment are given and explained in Arabic alphabet order. In the work, drugs, their properties, their equivalents to be used in their place, the mixtures to be made from them and their usage patterns, warnings and precautions about the relevant drugs are introduced. In this respect, the work shows an intense quality of pharmacy as well as medicine. However, like all medical texts, it is seen that the work also includes subjects other than medicine and these are discussed. In the scan made in the relevant text, it was noticed that there were also data on cancer, which is one of the important health problems of today. It has been thought that the explanation and description of the treatments related to this should be considered as it is thought that it will contribute to the history of Turkish medicine, especially the history of world medicine. The data obtained need to be evaluated separately by physicians, chemists, biologists and pharmacists from the field of medicine. Therefore, the cancer treatments that will be given here are by no means intended to be a treatment recommendation. It has been tried to describe cancer-related suggestions from the knowledge of a physician who lived and wrote his work in the Ottoman borders only in the 16th century. Of course, it is hoped that the data of the study will contribute to positive sciences by examining whether it will contribute to the treatment of a disease that is feared and deadly for today by those who deal with medical science in the future.

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