FR01-12 UROLOGY IN FORENSIC MEDICINE REGISTRIES IN OTTOMAN COURT REGISTRY BOOKS

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You have accessJournal of UrologyHistory of Urology Forum I (FR01)1 Apr 2020FR01-12 UROLOGY IN FORENSIC MEDICINE REGISTRIES IN OTTOMAN COURT REGISTRY BOOKS Ekrem Güner* Ekrem Güner*Ekrem Güner* More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000000850.012AboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail Abstract INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: It was observed that the registries on these applications were kept in court registry books by Ottoman institution of the "qadi" until the second half of 19th century in which forensic medicine was institutionalized in Ottoman Empire. Doctors demanding consent documents from the patients before treatment was common in Ottoman Empire. The treatment was started after the consent document mentioning the medical fee and guaranteeing that the patient or the relatives won't claim for damages if the patient becomes permanently disabled or dies at the end of the operation or treatment was signed before the qadi (Ottoman judge) and witnesses. The objective of this study was to reveal urology applications in forensic medicine registries in court registry books which were also named as "Shari'ah Court Records". METHODS: Medical resources in Ottoman Turkish were investigated. "Shari'ah Court Records" translated into contemporary Turkish and literature on the subject were examined for forensic medical applications and urology of the period. RESULTS: Taking consent document before medical interventions, judging the doctors for fraud and mistakes, referring to expertise of the doctors for infectious diseases and in-situ examination in deaths were detected as main forensic medicine applications which the Ottoman institution of the qadi referred to. A consent document signed before a bladder stone operation, record of a case in which glans penis was injured during circumcision and the doctor was judged, bill of complaint of the locals for an individual who worked as a quack without a doctor certificate, document showing the medical expertise claim of the qadi in case of a woman wanting to divorce as she claimed that the man she recently married had syphilis were the main urological registries in Ottoman court registry books (Figure 1a,b,c). CONCLUSIONS: The consent documents included in "Shari'ah Court Records" provided different information on forensic medicine, urogenital diseases and applications. The fact that the informed consent which has been used since the 19th century in Europe was used since the 15th century in Ottoman Empire under the name consent document shows the level Ottoman Empire reached medical ethics in terms of doctor and patient rights. Source of Funding: None © 2020 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 203Issue Supplement 4April 2020Page: e288-e288 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2020 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.MetricsAuthor Information Ekrem Güner* More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement PDF downloadLoading ...