1825.] 
gical works; threevhistorical 5 fiveon 
geometry; geography arti general SCi- 
ences; eight dn ofortification, “&c.; two 
on) law and leighton: religious subjects. 
Hight oriten of:thenp are translations . 
fromthe: French; and one ‘is' a transla- 
tion-of oMr: Bonnycastle’ s’ Principles of 
Geometry 190 Due 
The last'‘of the iworks I have here 
enumerated,'and which was published 
in 1820; :is'on. Anatomy and Medicine, 
and entitled, The Mirror of Bodies in 
the Anatomy of Man.” This. is.the 
first-work..on this subject ever printed, 
or, perhaps, published in Turkey ; their 
apathy, and religious prejudices of pre- 
destination, and the law which prohibits 
the opening of the human body, and the 
coming. in contact: with blood, having, 
till now, formed. an insurmountable bar- 
rier‘to the Turks devoting themselves 
to the cultivation of this science. | But 
the irresistible force of improvement, 
which: is the grand characteristic.of the 
age, seems, at last, to have gained 
some influence with this proud and ob- 
stinate people, the Turks—an influence 
which cannot be small; since the author 
was permitted to infringe upon; a posi- 
tive injunction of the Koran, by accom-- 
panying his work by a set of represen- 
tations of the human frame, in fifty-six 
plates, rather badly engraved. . The 
author of this work (a large folio of 
800. pages), Chani Zadeh, “Mehemmed 
Afaoollah, a member of the body of Oole- 
mas, is said to-be.a-son of a hekim bashi, 
or first, physician of the empire;and had 
been sent by his father,to study in Italy, 
where. he-seems, to. haye collected the 
matetialstfor his. mirror. 
Supposing that your anders ‘might 
not dislike to.see afew specimens» of 
Turkish style and reasoning, I subjoin. 
a part of Chani Zadeh’s “preface, as 
translated into,-Frene!, by. M. Bianchi, 
ong of; the interpreters of the F reneh 
embassy at |Constantinople,.. without 
attempting to alter the wording or style. 
“* Meuicine and anatomy are elementary 
scieneés, atid the object of studies in gene- 
ral. *'Phese sciences are those of thé learned, 
of corporations; and reli ions. Not only the 
wise; and:people of a sound judgment, have 
recognized, that it was nothing but the 
search: after truth ; but, evenin the earliest 
rap tial have alw ays been considered by 
styinformed men as a precious. and) 
ts es le know ledge. The advantages re- 
sultiz ae riba are not merely confined to 
the’ h cies; but, according 
the 
testa “thd ‘learned,’ their in 
nce 
embraces’ “erally all the’ Worshippers’ of foreign aid. 
Press of Constantinople. 
Pa 
God, and all (other) created beings? * mek, 
especially, modern medicine, the ‘benefits 
of which are proved, and anatomy, groundéd 
on attention and exactness, which, accord-. 
ing to the true assertion of physicians, are 
brought to such a degree of perfection, that 
all which (at the present day) concerns the 
treatment of internal diseases, the dressing 
of wounds and ulcerations, and the healing 
of infirmities, by an admirable and ineom- 
parable disposition (of the rules of the art), 
is free from doubt, and exempt from dan- 
ger, for those who are called to the practice 
of these sciences.’ 
A glorious confusion, indeed! But 
let us follow the author in his detail of 
the reception his work received from 
the monarch to whom he dedicated it ; 
and here, I hope, our authors will take 
a hint for ‘heir future dedications, 
“ The judge par excellence (says our Mo- 
hammedaa Hippoerates)—he who is the 
regulator of the laws of the state—the Plato 
of the empire and the califate—the sove- 
reign to whom fate has revealed science 
and wisdom—the Sultan ‘of sultans, en- 
dowed with the virtue of Sclomon—the 
monarch whose glory calls to recollection 
the time of Cosroes—the King of kings, in- 
vested with the power of the age of Djem-' 
shid—the sultan and sultan’s son—the: 
valorous Sultan Mahmoud; Khan, son of 
the glorious Sultan Abdul-Hamed-Khan 
(may the sun of his power not cease to 
shine upon the course of his victories and 
his glorious enterprizes) ; his Majesty, eur 
Lord, in short, having deigned, for several 
days, to examine and inyestigate, himself, 
with a clear discernment, all the truths 
contained in the above books, acknow- 
ledged that, independently of the grea: 
utility it might be to the Ottoman Empire 
(which will last for ev er), and for the Musul- 
mans, it had not yet been preceded -by any 
work the advantage of which could be com-. 
pared. to it ; and that, as such, it was wer- 
thy of being reckoned among the precious 
and innumerable productions that have. 
illustrated his fortunate reign—H. M. after 
these motives of general good, attached,’ 
from that moment, the greatest importance 
to the work, being printed and published 
under his supreme protection. This deter- 
mination fully justifies the precept, that 
kings are inspired,” 
The printing was then begun, after 
the director of the establishment had 
pionsly ejaculated his dismillah (in the 
name ‘of God, &c.), without which a 
Mohamedan never enters upon a task of - 
any importance; atid the author con- 
cludes his preface by expressing his 
pride, that, with the help of God, the 
engravings “were completed without 
Yours 8, Ree B.. 
