Adolf Fonahn

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Adolf Mauritz Fonahn (15 June 1873 – 21 August 1940[https://nbl.snl.no/Adolf_Fonahn Adolf Fonahn in Norsk biografisk leksikon]) was a Norwegian physician, medical historian and orientalist.{{cite web|title=Adolf Mauritz Fonahn|author =Erik Berntsens|publisher=vestraat.net|year=2011|url=http://vestraat.net/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I118269&tree=IEA}} He is best known for his work including those revolving around Tibetan Buddhism, Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings (where he was one of the first who interpreted Leonardo's mirror writing), early Persian and Arabic medical literature, and more generally the study of medical history and Asian languages.{{cite journal|title=Book Review|volume =50 |issue =10 |pages =1138–1140 |author =Sami K. |author2=Hamarneh, P.H.D.|journal=Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine|date=November 1974|pmc =1749426 }}

Fonahn is known for his diverse areas of interest and multitude of his works; these included Zur Quellenkunde der persischen Medizin (Persian Medicine and its Source) published in 1910 in Leipzig, Germany,{{cite book|title=Zur Quellenkunde der persischen Medizin|author =Adolf Fonhan|year=1968|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HR52SwAACAAJ}} Orm og ormmidler i nordiske medicinske skrifter fra middelalderen (? Norwegian Medicine from the Middle Ages) published in 1905,{{cite book|title=Orm og ormmidler i nordiske medicinske skrifter fra middelalderen|author =Adolf Fonhan|publisher=Dybwad i komm|year=1905|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d6jFQAAACAAJ&q=Orm+og+ormmidler+i+nordiske+medicinske+skrifter+fra+middelalderen}} Arabic and Latin anatomical terminology: chiefly from the Middle Ages in 1922,{{cite book|title=Arabic and Latin anatomical terminology: chiefly from the middle ages|author =Adolf Fonhan|publisher=J. Dybwad (A. W. Brøggers boktrykkeri)|year=1922|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-mVPRAAACAAJ}} A Palmyrene man's Name in Arabic transcription on a surgical bronze instrument in 1920,{{cite book|title=A Palmyrene man's Name in Arabic transcription on a surgical bronze instrument|author =Adolf Fonhan|publisher=Dybwad in comm|year=1920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R6KgQAAACAAJ}} Japanese ornamented arrow-heads in 1929,{{cite book|title=Japanese ornamented arrow-heads|author =Adolf Fonhan|year=1929|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mIYbcAAACAAJ}} and translations of multiple works for Leonardo da Vinci given out in such publications as 24 fogli della Royal Library di Windsor: Cuore: Anatomia e fisiologia (24 sheets of the Windsor Royal Library on heart anatomy and physiology){{cite book|title=24 fogli della Royal Library di Windsor: Cuore: Anatomia e fisiologia

|author =Leonardo da Vinci|translator=Adolf Fonahn|translator2=Halfdan Hopstock|translator3=Conrad Langaard Vangensten|publisher=Dybwad|year=1912|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_KgPgAACAAJ}} in 1912.