Commentary on Anatomy in Avicenna's Canon explained

The Commentary on Anatomy in Avicenna's Canon is a manuscript written in the 13th century by the Arab physician Ibn al-Nafis. The manuscript was discovered in 1924 in the archives of the Prussian State Library in Berlin, Germany. It contains the earliest descriptions of the coronary circulation and pulmonary circulation systems.^[1]

Latin translation

The manuscript was translated into Latin by the Italian physician Andrea Alpago,^[2] In 1520, Alpago returned to Padua with a Latin translation of the commentary, after living in the Arabian Peninsula for 30 years.^[3]

Reception

Many scholars recognize this polymath as the discoverer of the pulmonary circulation.

See also

• The Canon of Medicine

References

1. West. John. Ibn al-Nafis, the pulmonary circulation, and the Islamic Golden Age. Journal of Applied Physiology. 1985. 10.1152/japplphysiol.91171.2008. 105. 18845773. 6. 1877–1880. 2612469.
2. Bondke Persson. A.. Persson. P. B.. Form and function in the vascular system. Acta Physiologica. 211. 3. 468–470. 10.1111/apha.12309. 24800879. 2014. 26211642.
3. Bosmia. Anand. Watanabe. Koichi. Shoja. Mohammadali M.. Loukas. Marios. Tubbs. R. Shane. Michael Servetus (1511–1553): Physician and heretic who described the pulmonary circulation. International Journal of Cardiology. 167. 2. 318–321. 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.06.046. 22748500. “It is possible that Al-Nafis' book was known in 16th century Europe, for Andrea Alapago returned from thirty years in Arabia to Padua in 1520 with a Latin translation of the commentary. 2013.