What did Michael Servetus discover?

Answer 1

Michael Servetus, 1511-1553, was the first European to describe the function of pulmonary circulation. Next to that he discovered and described many interesting thing in the top of 'Renaissance' era. He was born in Spain and died in Switzerland

Second AnswerActually he did not discover the function of pulmonary circulation, he just (could have) plagiarized what Ibn al-Naphis said.

(Michael Servetus, 1511-1553, still is the first Europeanto describe it in European literature, he did not discover it. Maybe he did not reveal his source correctly, but it is also possible that he couldn't (have) read Ibn al-N.'s language).

Ibn Al-Naphis (Ala al-Din Abu al-A'la Ali ibn Abi Hazm al-Quraishi) of Damascus, an Arab physician of the thirteenth century (1213-1288 CE), explained the basic principles of the modern theory of the lesser or PULMONARY circulation nearly three hundred and fifty years before Sir William Harvey of Kent, England, who is wrongly credited with this discovery.

This fact was acknowledged in 1957 by Professor Dr J B Latham of the University of Manchester at the tercentenary of the death of William Harvey (Sunday Times 9 June 1957).

He also stated that Ibn Al-Naphis had "recognised the fallacy of Galen's theory of invisible channels between the ventricles.

He similarly explained that blood was purified in the lungs where it was refined on contact with the air inhaled from the outer atmosphere. "It should not be assumed too readily that great discoveries were made only in Europe." (The Statesman, Calcutta, 11 June 1957).

Ibn Al-Naphis was the chief physician at the Al-Mansuri Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, where he practised and taught medicine and Muslim theology until his death at the age of 75. He wrote a book "Sharh al Qanun" in which he expounded the pulmonary circulation for the first time. This commentary was consulted by Ibn Al-Quff, a great scientist and contemporary of Ibn Al-Naphis.

All scholarly standards and historical fairness should accredit Ibn Al-Naphis as being the first to discover and illustrate the Pulmonary Circulation.

Answer 2

servetus believed that the real trinity was inside of a person, and that Jesus was not the eternal son of god, he was the son of the eternal god. (confusing i know, sorry) try to think of the ancient Greeks and the idea that Hercules was not a god because he was the son of Zeus, but Zeus was a god who just happened to father Hercules. some reccomended reading: out of the Flames by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone- its a bit dry but it really clearly outlines the basic ideas and neatly sums up Micheal servetus' life.

also : looking for an ENGLISH translation of Christianismi Restitutio, the book that was burned with Servetus; only three copies survived, and i was wondering is anyone knew where i could find a copy.... thanks and i hope i helped :)

Answer 3

Michael Servetus was a 14th century physician and theologian. His ideas about circulation were correct, but went unrecognized, as he described the circulation in a theological text rather than a medical text.

Answer 4

He was the first to discover the pulmonary circulation of blood.