Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun (Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon)

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Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun (Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon) is a seminal 13th-century medical treatise by Ibn al-Nafis in which he critically revises and expands Avicenna’s anatomical doctrines, including an early description of pulmonary circulation.

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instanceOf Arabic scientific work
commentary
medical treatise
aim clarify Avicenna’s anatomical text
correct perceived errors in Avicenna’s anatomy
alternativeName Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon
Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun li-Ibn Sina
asserts blood passes from the right ventricle to the left via the lungs
no direct pores exist in the interventricular septum
author Ibn al-Nafis
dateWritten 13th century
describes cardiovascular system
human anatomy
pulmonary circulation
discipline anatomical science
physiology
feature critical revision of Avicenna’s anatomical doctrines
expansion of Avicenna’s anatomical descriptions
field Islamic medicine
pre-modern physiology
genre medical commentary
historicalSignificance challenged Galenic and Avicennian views on interventricular pores
contains an early description of pulmonary circulation
influenced historiography of cardiology
later Islamic medical writers
language Arabic
mainSubject anatomy
medicine
manuscriptTradition survives in multiple Arabic manuscripts
method rational critique based on observation and logic
textual analysis of the Canon of Medicine
placeInTradition Islamic Golden Age medicine
region Syro-Egyptian medical tradition
relatedWork Ibn al-Nafis’s commentary on the Canon of Medicine
al-Mujaz fi al-Tibb
studiedIn history of medicine
history of science
timePeriod Ayyubid–Mamluk era
workCommentedOn The Canon of Medicine
al-Qanun fi al-Tibb
workCommentedOnAuthor Avicenna
Ibn Sina
linked to: Avicenna

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Ibn al-Nafis notableWork Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun (Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon)
Ibn al-Quff notableWork Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon of Medicine
linked to: Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun (Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon)
Ibn al-Nafis wrote Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon (Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun)
linked to: Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun (Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon)
Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun alternativeName Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon
linked to: Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun (Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon)