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Illustration of the heart and blood vessels in medieval times.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20060606     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Throughout history, illustrations had played a key role in the promotion and evolution of medicine by providing a medium for transmission of scientific observations. Due to religious prohibitions, color drawings of the human body did not appear in medieval Persia and during the Islamic Golden Age. This tradition, however, has been overlooked with the publication of the first color atlas and text of human anatomy, Tashrihi Mansuri (Mansur's Anatomy), by Mansur ibn Ilyas in the fourteenth century AD. Written in Persian and containing several vivid illustrations of the human body, this book gained widespread attention by both scholars and lay persons. In this article, a brief history of Mansur's Anatomy and an English translation of selected sections from this book regarding the heart and blood vessels are presented.
Authors:
Majid Khalili; Mohammadali M Shoja; R Shane Tubbs; Marios Loukas; Farid Alakbarli; Andrew J Newman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article     Date:  2010-01-08
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of cardiology     Volume:  143     ISSN:  1874-1754     ISO Abbreviation:  Int. J. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-19     Completed Date:  2010-10-25     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8200291     Medline TA:  Int J Cardiol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  4-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center, Tabriz Medial University, Tabriz, Iran.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anatomy / history*
Blood Vessels*
Heart*
History, Medieval
Humans
Medical Illustration / history*
Persia
Textbooks as Topic / history*

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