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Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu wrote Cerrahiyyetü'l Haniyye (Imperial Surgery) in 1465. It was the first illustrated surgical textbook in the Turkish-Islamic medical literature. Only three handwritten copies exist. Cerrahiyyetü'l Haniyye consists of three chapters (412 pp.) covering a wide range of surgical specialties, including medical and surgical management of such ophthalmic diseases as chalazion, symblepharon, lymphangiectasia, pannus, proptosis, and hypopyon.
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Oguz, H. Ophthalmic chapters of serefeddin Sabuncuoglu's illustrated surgical book (Cerrahiyyetü'l Haniyye) in the 15th century. Ann Ophthalmol 38, 49–52 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1385/AO:38:1:49
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