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

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Arabic scientific work commentary medical treatise

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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Label	Occurrences
Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon of Medicine	1
Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun (Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon) canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun li-Ibn Sina NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Mujaz fi al-Tibb NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn	history of medicine ⓘ history of science ⓘ
timePeriod	Ayyubid–Mamluk era NERFINISHED ⓘ
workCommentedOn	The Canon of Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Qanun fi al-Tibb NERFINISHED ⓘ
workCommentedOnAuthor	Avicenna NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibn Sina NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Ibn al-Nafis → notableWork → Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun (Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon) ⓘ

Ibn al-Quff → notableWork → Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun (Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon of Medicine