Primitive robotic procedures: Automotions for medical liquids in 12th century Asia minor


Submitted: January 23, 2015
Accepted: January 23, 2015
Published: December 30, 2014
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Authors

  • Necmettin Penbegul Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Dept. of Urology, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
  • Murat Atar Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Dept. of Urology, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
  • Muammer Kendirci Liv Hospital Hospital, Dept. of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Yasar Bozkurt Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Dept. of Urology, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
  • Namık Kemal Hatipoglu Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Dept. of Urology, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
  • Ayhan Verit Fatih Sultan Mehmet Research and Training Hospital, Dept. of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Ates Kadıoglu Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Dept. of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey.
In recent years, day by day, robotic surgery applications have increase their role in our medical life. In this article, we reported the discovery of the first primitive robotic applications as automatic machines for the sensitive calculation of liquids such as blood in the literature. Al-Jazari who wrote the book “Elcâmi ‘Beyne’l - ‘ilm ve’l - ‘amel en-nâfi ‘fi es-sınaâ ‘ti’l - hiyel”, lived in Anatolian territory between 1136 and 1206. In this book that was written in the twelfth century, Al-Jazari described nearly fifty graphics of robotic machines and six of them that were designed for medical purposes. We found that some of the robots mentioned in this book are related to medical applications. This book reviews approximately 50 devices, including water clocks, candle clocks, ewers, various automata used for amusement in drink assemblies, automata used for ablution, blood collection tanks, fountains, music devices, devices for water lifting, locks, a protractor, a boat-shaped water clock, and the gate of Diyarbakir City in south-east of Turkey, actually in northern Mesopotamia. We found that automata used for ablution and blood collection tanks were related with medical applications; therefore, we will describe these robots.

Penbegul, N., Atar, M., Kendirci, M., Bozkurt, Y., Hatipoglu, N. K., Verit, A., & Kadıoglu, A. (2014). Primitive robotic procedures: Automotions for medical liquids in 12th century Asia minor. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 86(4), 300–303. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2014.4.300

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