| An Ottoman observer of central European surgery in the middle of the seventeenth century. | |
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PMID: 19579333 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Evliya Celebi, a famous Ottoman traveller of the mid seventeenth century, has left us a written account of the places he visited in central Europe. This paper discusses operations that he claimed to have witnessed in Vienna in 1665, the most extraordinary of which was an example of neurosurgery, and it examines what his description tells us about perceptions and images of medicine. His impressions of central European medicine, as viewed by a Muslim from the east, offer a perspective so far little studied. |
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Authors:
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Miri Shefer Mossensohn |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Vesalius : acta internationales historiae medicinae Volume: 14 ISSN: - ISO Abbreviation: Vesalius Publication Date: 2008 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-07-07 Completed Date: 2009-08-11 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9517855 Medline TA: Vesalius Country: Belgium |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 4-7 Citation Subset: QIS |
Affiliation:
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Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. shefer@post.tau.ac.il |
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Europe General Surgery / history* History, 17th Century Humans Islam / history Neurosurgery / history* Turkey |
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