Ibn al-Nafis and the discovery of the pulmonary circulation
Ibn al-Nafis was an Arab physician, scientist, and philosopher who was born in 1213 in Damascus and died in1288 in Cairo. He studied medicine in Damascus and moved to Egypt to practice medicine where he became the chief physician in the Mansouri Bimaristan. Ibn al-Nafis wrote in a wide array of fiel...
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Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles
2017-01-01
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| Online Access: | http://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/377 |