How did Haly Abbas look at the cardiovascular system?
Persian scholars, especially those who lived during the Golden Age of Islamic Medicine (9th-12th century AD), made significant contributions to the healing arts and secured a place of honor for themselves in the history of this science. Abū l-Ḥasan Alī ibn al-'Abbās al-Majūsī Ahvazi (? 930-994AD), with the Latinized name of Haly Abbas, was a scientist from this part of the world who contributed to the advancement of medicine. He is the author of Kāmil al-Sinā'ah al-Tibbīyah (The Perfect Book of the Art of Medicine), also commonly known as al-Kitāb al-Malikī (The Royal Book), a medical encyclopedia renowned for its systematic and precise content. This textbook covers a wide variety of medical issues, among them topics related to the science of cardiology. This paper reviews the main points of Haly Abbas' knowledge of the cardiovascular system, of which little has been written until now.
Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.; Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.. Electronic address: Dalfardibeh@gmail.com.
Behnam
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Dalfardi
Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.; Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Golnoush Sadat
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Mahmoudi Nezhad
Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.; Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Alireza
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Mehdizadeh
D002309:Cardiology / Q000266:history*; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D019071:Persia; D013782:Textbooks as Topic / Q000266:history*
Cardiovascular system; Haly Abbas; Medieval history; Persia; The Royal Book