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Ibn al-Nafis's Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon, p. 140 — the stages of the embryo; the vessels

شرح تشريح القانون لابن النفيس، ص 140 — أطوار خلق الجنين، العروق

An excerpt from Ibn al-Nafis's Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon, p. 140, that mentions the stages of the embryo, the vessels; from the machine-read scan, quoted within forty words per the sources policy.

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«… الغشاء قليل العروق بخلاف الغشاء الرقيق مع أن الغليظ أحوج إلى كثرة الغذاء من الرقيق. قوله: ولذلك ما يداخل أيضاً جوهر الدماغ معناه ولما كان الغشاء الرقيق كالمشيمة في حفظ أو ضاع العروق التي منها يغتذي الدماغ وجب أن يكون …»

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Setting fractures and dislocations (al-jabr wal-kasr)· Surgery, the work of the hand (al-jiraha)· Medicine· Sunan Abi Dawud 1285 — the joints of the body· Sunan Abi Dawud 1286 — the joints of the body· Sunan Abi Dawud 182 — the stages of the embryo· Sunan Abi Dawud 202 — the organs of the body· Sunan Abi Dawud 2195 — the stages of the embryo

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  • Commentary on the Anatomy of Ibn Sina's Canon, printed text (digital copy, edition not verified)
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Setting fractures and dislocations (al-jabr wal-kasr)

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