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Ibn al-Nafis

Medicine · Medicine

Cairo, Syria

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Overview

Ibn al-Nafis is a medicine specialist at Al-Mansuri Hospital. Based in Cairo.

For Patients

  • Pioneered the Discovery of pulmonary circulation, a technique still used by doctors worldwide
  • Based at Al-Mansuri Hospital in Cairo, Syria

Biography

Ibn al-Nafis was an Arab physician who was the first to accurately describe pulmonary circulation - the passage of blood through the lungs - three centuries before William Harvey.

Affiliations & Institutions

Al-Mansuri Hospital

Chief of Medicine

Areas of Expertise

Pioneering Techniques

Discovery of pulmonary circulation

Medical Specialties

Medicine

Clinical Knowledge & Procedures

Pulmonary circulationAnatomyCardiologyIslamic medicine

Legacy Timeline

The life and contributions of Ibn al-Nafis

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Described pulmonary circulation

First accurate description of blood flow from the right ventricle through the lungs to the left ventricle

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