title: Mansur ibn Ilyas (1380-1422 AD): A Persian anatomist and his book of anatomy, Tashrih-i Mansuri.
abstract: A Persian scholar, Mansur ibn Elyas, a late 14th century anatomist and physician from Shiraz, published his illustrated book on anatomy. Mansur's anatomy (Tashrih-i Badan-i Insan) was written following the Mansur's medical synopsis, Kefaye Mojahedieh. The book of Mansur is believed to be the first anatomical illustrated manuscript containing two-dimensional pictures of the human body. This 14th-century treatise is composed in Persian and is organized into five articles on the skeleton, nerves, muscles, veins and arteries, each illustrated with a full page diagram and with a final chapter including an image of a pregnant woman delivering a breech baby. These chapters have description part and related figure involving brief explanation. Mansur's illustrations were often used in other Persian or Arabic medical manuscripts for at least two centuries in Persia.
authors.affiliation: Student Research Committee, Department of history of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran zarm@sums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mohammad M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Zarshenas
authors.affiliation: Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Arman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zargaran
authors.affiliation: Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehdizadeh
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Abdolali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohagheghzadeh
mesh_terms: D000716:Anatomy, Artistic / Q000266:history*; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration / Q000266:history*; D008514:Medicine, Arabic / Q000266:history*; D019071:Persia
keywords: Mansur ibn Elyas; Persian medicine; anatomical illustration