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Ibn al-Nafis

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Ibn al-Nafis
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Name in native languageعلاء الدين أبو الحسن علي بن أبي الحزم الخالدي المخزومي القَرشي الدمشقي Edit
Name wey dem give amAli Edit
Family nameNafis Edit
NicknameNadie Edit
Ein date of birth1215, 1210 Edit
Place dem born amDamascus Edit
Date wey edie17 December 1288, 1280 Edit
Place wey edieCairo Edit
Place wey dem bury amRahmaniya Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signArabic, English Edit
Ein occupationphilosopher, writer, physician, Islamic jurist Edit
Ein field of workmedicine Edit
Notable workQ12188756, Commentary on Anatomy in Avicenna's Canon, Q111519505, Theologus Autodidactus Edit
Time periodIslamic Golden Age Edit
Copyright status as creatorcopyrights on works have expired Edit

ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī Ḥazm al-Qarashī (Arabic: علاء الدين أبو الحسن عليّ بن أبي حزم القرشي), dem know as Ibn al-Nafīs (Arabic: ابن النفيس), be an Arab polymath wey ein areas of work include medicine, surgery, physiology, anatomy, biology, Islamic studies, jurisprudence, den philosophy. He be known for he be de first to describe de pulmonary circulation of de blood.[1] De work of Ibn al-Nafis wey dey regard de right sided (pulmonary) circulation pre-dates de later work (1628) of William Harvey ein De motu cordis. Both theories dey attempt to explain circulation. De 2nd century Greek physician Galen ein theory about de physiology of de circulatory system remain unchallenged til de works of Ibn al-Nafis, wey he therefore be described as "the father of circulatory physiology".[2][3][4]

As an early anatomist, Ibn al-Nafis sanso perform several human dissections during de course of ein work,[5] wey dey make several important discoveries insyd de fields of physiology den anatomy. Besides ein famous discovery of de pulmonary circulation, he sanso give an early insight of de coronary den capillary circulations.[6][7] Dem sanso appoint am as de chief physician at al-Naseri Hospital wey Sultan Saladin found. Secof ein discoveries, he be described by sam as “de second Avicenna”.[8]

Apart from medicine, Ibn al-Nafis study jurisprudence, literature den theology. He be an expert on de Shafi'i school of jurisprudence den an expert physician.[9] De number of medical textbooks wey Ibn al-Nafis wrep be estimated at more dan 110 volumes.[10]

Writings

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The Comprehensive Book on Medicine

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Commentary on Anatomy insyd Ibn Sina's Canon

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Commentary on Hippocrates' "Nature of Man"

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Commentary on "Endemics"

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Oda works

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  • al-Mūjaz fī al-Tibb (“A Summary of Medicine”)
  • Kitāb al-Mukhtār fī al-Aghḏiyah (“The Choice of Foodstuffs”)[11]
  • Bughyat al-Tālibīn wa Hujjat al-Mutaṭabbibīn (“Reference Book for Physicians”)[12][13]
  • al-Muhaḏḏab fī al-Kuhl (“Polished Book on ophthalmology”); an original book on ophthalmology.[13]
  • Sharḥ Masā’il Hunayn (“Commentary on Hunayn Ibn Ishaq's Questions”).
  • al-Risālah al-Kāmiliyyah fī al-Ssīrah al-Nabawiyyah; (“Theologus Autodidactus”)

References

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  1. ↑ Majeed, Azeem (2005). "How Islam changed medicine". BMJ. 331 (7531): 1486–1487. doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1486. PMC 1322233. PMID 16373721.
  2. ↑ Feucht, Cynthia; Greydanus, Donald E.; Merrick, Joav; Patel, Dilip R.; Omar, Hatim A. (2012). Pharmacotherapeutics in Medical Disorders (in English). Walter de Gruyter. p. 2. ISBN 978-3-11-027636-7.
  3. ↑ Moore, Lisa Jean; Casper, Monica J. (2014). The Body: Social and Cultural Dissections (in English). Routledge. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-136-77172-9.
  4. ↑ deVries, Catherine R.; Price, Raymond R. (2012). Global Surgery and Public Health: A New Paradigm (in English). Jones & Bartlett Publishers. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-7637-8048-7.
  5. ↑ Patrice Le Floch-Prigent and Dominique Delaval (April 2014). "The discovery of the pulmonary circulation by Ibn al Nafis during the 13th century: an anatomical approach". The FASEB Journal. 28.
  6. ↑ Szasz, Theodora; Tostes, Rita C. A. (2016). Vascular Smooth Muscle Function in Hypertension (in English). Biota Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61504-685-0.
  7. ↑ Mantzavinos, C. (2016). Explanatory Pluralism (in English). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-12851-4.
  8. ↑ Masic, I.; Dilic, M.; Solakovic, E.; Rustempasic, N.; Ridjanovic, Z. (2008). "Why historians of medicine called Ibn al-Nafis second Avicenna?". Medicinski Arhiv. 62 (4): 244–249. PMID 19145813.
  9. ↑ Haddad, Sami; Amin A. Khairallah (1936). "A Forgotten Chapter in the History of the Circulation of Blood". Annals of Surgery. 104 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1097/00000658-193607000-00001. PMC 1390327. PMID 17856795.
  10. ↑ Numan, Mohammed T. (6 August 2014). "Ibn Al Nafis: His Seminal Contributions to Cardiology". Pediatric Cardiology. 35 (7): 1088–90. doi:10.1007/s00246-014-0990-7. PMID 25096906. S2CID 683719.
  11. ↑ L. Gari (2002), "Arabic Treatises on Environmental Pollution up to the End of the Thirteenth Century", Environment and History 8 (4), pp. 475-488.
  12. ↑ Abdel-Halim, Rabie El-Said (12 June 2011). "Contributions of Ibn al-Nafis to the Progress of Medicine and Urology". Muslim Heritage.
  13. 1 2 Shuttleworth, Martyn (2009). "Islamic ophthalmology". Explorable.
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