What was the name of the book in which Ibn al-Nafis reported his discovery of pulmonary circulation?
Sharh tashrih al-qanun li' Ibn Sina
Kitab al-Qanun fi al-Tibb
Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah
Al-Tasrif
Answer
Ibn al-Nafis published his discovery of pulmonary circulation in the book Sharh tashrih al-qanun li' Ibn Sina (Commentary on Anatomy in Avicenna's Canon) around 1242. This discovery challenged Galen's theory of the circulatory system.
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