1911. 8vo, ff. [1] title-page, [12] leaves of chromolithograph plates printed on china-coated paper on one side only, with 16 anatomical figures in all, text in Ottoman script; some browning and dampstaining throughout, and paper a little fragile with some chipping and loss at tail, though not touching images; stapled as issued in the original cloth backed pictorial boards, text block detached, covers damp-stained and soiled with some bowing to covers, extremities and corners rubbed and worn; a sound copy of a scarce ephemeral item. Scarce Ottoman educational pamphlet introducing the anatomy of the human body, issued by Dr Velis, a Ministry of Education Health Inspector, and seemingly intended as an aide-memoire for medical students. Less detailed than a true anatomical atlas, this slim volume includes 16 chromolithograph anatomical figures on twelve plates, each of which are annotated in Ottoman Turkish. The plates depict in turn (working from back to front): Front view of skeletal system and anatomical terms; Posterior view of the skeletal system; Front view of body muscles; Rear view of body muscles; Chest and abdominal cavity; the Heart, Lung and heart, Stomach and liver; Blood vessels, nerves and anatomical terms of the anterior part of the body; Blood vessels, nerves of the back of the body; Central nervous system appearance and lower face of the brain; Longitudinal section of the head and anatomical terms; the eye, and finally the Ear and middle ear bones. The pamphlet is discussed and illustrated in detail in an article by Ahmet Aciduman and Berna Arda of Ankara University, who suggest that the images were drawn from Western sources, and published in ca. 1911-1912.
See Aciduman & Arda Anatominin görsel boyutu üzerine tarihsel bir örnek: Harîta-i Vücûd-i Beser 1327 (1911/12) - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329014033_A_historical_sample_on_the_visual_dimension_of_anatomy_The_map_of_the_human_body_1327_191112