THE PLANT NAMES IN KENZÜ’S-SIHHATÜ’L-EBDÂNİYYE ESER-İ MÜRŞÎD-İ ?OSMÂNİYYE
KENZÜ’S-SIHHATÜ’L-EBDÂNİYYE ESER-İ MÜRŞİD-İ OSMÂNİYYE’DE BİTKİ ADLARI

Author : Burak TELLİ
Number of pages : 96-116

Abstract

There are a lot of medical book written in the previous periods of Turkish. These works were written to respond the needs of the public in healthcare field. The work item we study is a book named Kenzü’s-?ı??atü’l-Ebdâniyye Eser-i Mürşîd-i?Osmâniyye. The work is written by doctor Osman Hayri Mürşid of Tarsus in 1881. The author metinons about herbal treatment methods in the work. The work enter into the field of medicine and pharmacy with its content and Turchology with its language and genre. Teh text will contribute to Turkish terminology and botanical researches with the herb names within the text. In his work, he mentions in detail that he was a palace doctor during the reign of Abdulhamit II. and he adds how he prepare medicine with the herbs he composed and which illnesses they recover. Furthermore, the author also claims that he mentions about the new described illnesses and characterise his work as unique with this aspect. He says that the data he suggsets are from Bukrat, Lokman, Sokrat and Davud and proved after numerous experiences. Being a palace doctor and wrote his work as a result of Abdulhamid II.’s will, shows us that he is successful in his field and highly regarded. A language’s presenting its vocabulary in real words it is required to investigate the works in different fields. Herb names are the richnes of our vocabulary. A lot of research are accaried on the field and it is found out that our language has a rich herb culture. However, without scanning especially our medicine and pharmacy boks, it is difficult to mention about a through identification. In this respect our reseach will contribute to the field. We estimate that we will identify a lot of herb names form this source book for our work. Also we think that these terms will contribute to the field of botanic.

Keywords

Kenzü’s-Ṣıḥḥatü’l-Ebdâniyye Eser-i Mürşîd-i ʿOsmâniyye, plant names, Medicine, Pharmacy, Turkish

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