His life Şânîzâde Mehmed Atâullah Efendi (Fig. 1) was born in Ortaköy, Istanbul, in the 1770s (probably 1771) [1]. He died on August 5, 1826 [2]. Although he died about two centuries ago, the knowledge about him is very limited [1]. After he graduated from the madrasah in 1786, he studied at the Süleymaniye Medical Madrasa and Halıcıoğlu Engineering School [3]. However, it is not known before which education was gotten [1]. While he was studying at Süleymaniye Medical Madrasa, he got medical education from Hekimbaşı Numan Efendi and then from European physicians. He knew Arabic, Persian, Greek, Italian, and French languages well [1, 2]. He was also interested in calligraphy, painting, music, watchmaking, and hunting. He had worked in various positions in state affairs. Despite his graduation from the Süleymaniye Medical Madrasa and his many significant medical books, there is no record of practicing medicine in the palace or any hospital [1]. His books His outstanding qualities and deep knowledge of medicine and modern medical books had a great impact on the period he lived. There are 14 or 16 books of which 5 are known for medicine, 4 for military service, and 2 for mathematics, others for history, literature, and geography [1, 3]. The medical books which are named as Hamse-i Şânîzâde (Five work of Şânîzâde) or Kânûn-ı Şânîzâde (since the famous physician Avicenna's Kânûn book is contained of five volumes, these books were named as Kânûn) consist of five books. Their names are as follows: Mir'âtü'l-Ebdân fî Teşrîhi Âzâü'l