Page 245 - The Miracle of the Blood and Heart

o doubt, the red fluid known as blood in the
human body was known since the dawn of
history. Only later, however, was it realized
that it traveled through the body and was
not immobile. This discovery became possi-
ble only in the Middle Ages, when Islamic nations led the
world in the fields of science, art and thought. The Muslim
physician Ibn al-Nafis first described the circulation of the
blood in detail. The Europeans learned of this only in the first
th
half of the 17 century through the discoveries made by
William Harvey. In his book, Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu
Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus ("An Anatomical Exercise on
the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals"), Harvey
proved that the heart pumped blood all through the body.
If you had never been aware of the existence of the blood
flowing in your body and then suddenly discovered it one
day, you too would be surprised. The first fact to amaze you
would be the prevailing red color just beneath your skin.
When you learned that the liquid causing it was constantly
flowing at high speed, you would be even more astonished.
When scratched or nicked, you would watch how blood
flowed to the surface, soon stopped and coagulated by itself.
And when the region which it flowed to assumed a totally dif-
ferent appearance by forming a scab your amazement
would increase. You would then begin to wonder how
and why this special fluid had been placed inside
your body.
Adnan
Oktar

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