PMID: 11625066Jan 1, 1995Paper

An ancient surgical set in the history of medicine museum at the medical history and ethics department at Cerrahpaşa Medical School

Yeni tıp tarihi araştırmaları = The new history of medicine studies
I Uzel

Abstract

The present head of the Department of Medical History and Ethics, Prof. Dr. Nil Sari founded a museum for the history of medicine within the Department. A set of surgical instruments, granted by Prof. Dr. M. Kemal Oke and Prof. Dr. Fuat Kâmil Berksan to the Department, is studied in this article. The set, all made of bronze, and dating approximately back to the IVth century B.C. consists of four bistouries, two pincets, two bone catheters, a cauterization instrument, a spatula, curettage instrument and an unidentified piece. They do not have any trace of corrosion. No sign, badge or stamp can be detected on the instruments. Apparently they have not been used much. The skilfull handicraft, harmonious and excellent style of the set suggest that they might have been produced by an artist or in accordance with the description of a master surgeon. Presence of a pincet for eye surgery suggests that the owner might have been an ophtalmologist. Since the granters had not given any clue of the site they were discovered, it is hard to determine where or by whom the set was made.

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