Sphygmology of Ibn Sina, a message for future

Zarshenas, Mohammad M.; Abolhassanzadeh, Zohreh; Faridi, Pouya; Mohagheghzadeh, Abdolali

doi:10.4103/1995-705x.125934

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“…He identified several circulation changes related to the patient's conditions, such as age, gender, drinking and food consumption, anger, fear, pregnancy, diseases and even in relation to weather conditions. Many recent studies have proven those associations [ 29 - 32 ] . In the end, Avicenna also ventured into the field of Medicines to cure diseases.…”

Section: Arab Medieval Medicine: the Influence Of Qu'ran And The Greamentioning

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The Middle Ages Contributions to Cardiovascular Medicine

Ranhel¹,

Mesquita²

2016

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

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The historical period called the Middle Ages, a long interval between the 5th and the 15th centuries, is still commonly known as the Dark Ages, especially in the area of health sciences. In the last decades, this "classic" view of the Middle Ages has been gradually modified with advances in historiographical studies and the history of science. During that period in Western Europe, knowledge about the human body suffered a regression in terms of anatomy and physiology, with the predominance of religious conceptions mainly about diseases and their treatments. Knowledge on the cardiovascular system and heart diseases has been classically described as a repetition of the concepts developed by Galen from the dissection of animals and his keen sense of observation. However, the Middle East, especially Persia, was the birth place of a lot of intellectuals who preserved the ancient knowledge of the Greeks while building new knowledge and practices, especially from the 8th to the 13th century. The invasion of the Arabs in North of Africa and the Iberian Peninsula and the eclosion of the Crusades resulted in a greater contact between the East and the West, which in turn brought on the arrival of the Arab medical knowledge, among others, to 12th century Europe. Such fact contributed to an extremely important change in the scientific medical knowledge in the West, leading to the incorporation of different concepts and practices in the field of cardiovascular Medicine. The new way of teaching and practicing Medicine of the great Arab doctors, together with the teaching hospitals and foundations in the Koran, transformed the Medicine practiced in Europe definitely. The objective of this paper is to describe the knowledge drawn up from the Middle Ages about the cardiovascular system, its understanding and therapeutic approach to cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons.

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Section: Arab Medieval Medicine: the Influence Of Qu'ran And The Greamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Middle Ages Contributions to Cardiovascular Medicine

Ranhel¹,

Mesquita²

2016

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

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“…Despite the well-known history of hypertension research in the modern era, main points in the medieval concept of this disease and its early management methods remain obscure. [ 6 7 8 9 ] This article attempts to make a brief review on the medieval origin of the concept of this disease from the Hidayat of Al-Akhawayni (?-983 AD).…”

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The medieval origins of the concept of hypertension

Heydari

Dalfardi²,

Golzari

et al. 2014

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Despite the well-known history of hypertension research in the modern era, like many other cardiovascular concepts, main points in the medieval concept of this disease and its early management methods remain obscure. This article attempts to make a brief review on the medieval origin of the concept of this disease from the Hidayat of Al-Akhawayni (?-983 AD). This article has reviewed the chapter of “Fi al-Imtela” (About the Fullness) from the Hidβyat al-Muta’allimin fi al-Tibb (The Students' Handbook of Medicine) of Al-Akhawayni.The definition, symptoms and treatments presented for the Imtela are compared with the current knowledge on hypertension. Akhawayni believed that Imtela could result from the excessive amount of blood within the blood vessels. It can manifest with symptoms including the presence of a pulsus magnus, sleepiness, weakness, dyspnea, facial blushing, engorgement of the vessels, thick urine, vascular rupture, and hemorrhagic stroke. He also suggested some ways to manage al-Imtela'. These include recommendations of changes in lifestyle (staying away from anger and sexual intercourse) and dietary program for patients (avoiding the consumption of wine, meat, and pastries, reducing the volume of food in a meal, maintaining a low-energy diet and the dietary usage of spinach and vinegar). Al-Akhawayni's description of “Imtela,” despite of its numerous differences with current knowledge of hypertension, can be considered as medieval origin of the concept of hypertension.

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“…The first recorded descriptions of the pulse date back to the ancient Egypt and China in about 27th century BC [1]. The science of pulsology was formed and developed under the interaction between different civilizations, including Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Persian, Arab, Indian, and Tibetan through the history [2]. Among these civilizations, Persians' knowledge of the pulse was influenced mostly by Greek scholars, and subsequently affected Indian and Late-Medieval European pulsology [3].…”

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