Ibn al-Nafis

Ibn an-Nafīs, genannt auch al Qurashi und el Koraschi, war ein syrisch-arabischer Universalgelehrter und Arzt.

Connection to Damascus

Born in Damascus; educated at the medical school there before moving to Cairo where he became chief physician at al-Naseri Hospital.

Known for

First description of pulmonary circulation; "father of circulatory physiology".