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Şemseddin-i Itaki’s contributions to neuroanatomy and embryology in the seventeenth century
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Mehmet Turgut
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Child's Nervous System
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Ausgabe 11/2008
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Current knowledge on anatomy has developed throughout centuries with continuous transfer of knowledge from generation to generation. At present, it is widely accepted that the development of the anatomic knowledge dates back to the end of the eighteenth century. Before these times, Greek-Roman heritage and then books of Arabic-Turkish scientists were the only reference sources for the understanding of human anatomy in the world. In that period, such ancient Turkish-Islamic scientists as Şemseddin-i Itaki (1570–1640
a.d.) continued the mission of advancing medical science. Itaki lived and practiced medicine in the city of İstanbul, the capital of Ottoman Empire, during the period of Murat IV, the Ottoman emperor [
4]. He made contributions to the development of anatomy and functioned as a bridge in the transfer of knowledge of anatomy from Greek-Roman heritage to the West. Şemseddin Itaki’s illustrations are qualified as demonstrative samples when they were compared with the medical literature of the seventeenth century. Today, it is accepted that many European scientists benefited from these contributions until the Renaissance period [
2]. …
