Blood Flow Quotes



Ala-al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali Ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qarshi al-Dimashqi. The Western Scientist first credited with describing the circulation of blood through the body and showing that Galen erred was William Harvey in 1628, almost 4 centuries later. One theory as to why it took the Christian world so long was that Galen was held in great reverence and Christianity discouraged original thinking and writing which could cost a scientist his life. At the time (the 13th century) the Islamic world was intellectually more liberal and there was no establishment or Islamic vested interest in Galen or his theories.


In this remarkable quotation, the king whose own invasion by Iraq was only stopped by American troops in the Gulf War, tells the Arab world that the American occupation which was endorsed by the Iraqi government was illegal. Many others in the world and even many in the U. S. agreed about the illegality, but the King claims to be one of the major allies and supporters of the United States. What he says for Arab and Islamic consumption is different from what he tells American and other Western diplomats. See {620141} for another example.