What Does the Most Celebrated and Pioneer Ottoman Physician, Şanizade Mehmed Ataullah Efendi, Say on Anatomy, Physiology, Diseases, and Surgery of the Urinary System? A Glance at Hamse-i Şanizade or Kanun-ı Şanizade.

In the Ottoman Empire, Hamse-i Şanizade is regarded as one of the first gateways to the West in the field of medicine. It was instrumental in modernizing Ottoman-Turkish medicine and contains and reflects the state-of-the-art knowledge of the time regarding the anatomy, physiology, diseases, and medical and surgical treatments of the urinary system.