Department of History of Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
JAMA Cardiol. 2022 Jan 1;7(1):105-107. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.3520.
The recognition of the pulmonary circulation is a complex evolution in medical history and draws on theories across eras and cultures.
This narrative review summarizes evidence suggesting that the recognition of pulmonary circulation is older than the time of Ibn Nafis. The theory of pulmonary circulation originated in ancient Persia (ad 224-637), was overshadowed by Greek theory from the 11th century, and reestablished by Ibn Nafis in the 13th century.
The findings of this review may help contextualize the story of the discovery of pulmonary circulation in ancient Persian and Greek theories before Ibn Nafis.
对肺循环的认识是医学史上一个复杂的演变过程，涉及到不同时代和文化的理论。
本综述总结了一些证据，表明对肺循环的认识比伊本·纳菲斯的时代还要早。肺循环理论起源于古代波斯（公元 224-637 年），在 11 世纪被希腊理论所掩盖，13 世纪由伊本·纳菲斯重新建立。
本综述的发现可能有助于在伊本·纳菲斯之前的古代波斯和希腊理论中为肺循环的发现故事提供背景。
