Canon of Medicine

Herbal medicine
A 131-work collection of medical thought based on the Greek writings of Aristotle, Dioscorides, Galen, Hippocrates and others, written by Persian philosopher Avicenna (980–1037).

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His most famous works are The Book of Healing, a philosophical and scientific encyclopedia, and The Canon of Medicine, a medical encyclopedia that became a standard medical text at many medieval universities and remained in use as late as 1650.

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Known in the West by the Latinized version of his name, Avicenna, Ibn Sina wrote treatises such as "The Book of Healing" and "The Canon of Medicine," as well as a vast scientific encyclopedia.

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The evolving scientific knowledge of the Islamic world is much in evidence with a superb collection of astrolabes, as well as several pages of the celebrated The Canon of Medicine written by Avicenna (Ibn Sina 983-1037), which was considered the definitive medical reference until the 17th century.

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His al-Qanun fi ilm at-tibb, or Canon of Medicine, was published in the first half of the 11th century and translated into Latin in the early 16th century.

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Toward the end of the 12th century, translations from Arabic to Latin of such works as the Canon of Medicine (Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna; 980-1037) and the Comprehensive Book on Medicine (al-Razi, also known as Rhazes; 865-923) laid the foundation for the development of "Western" medicine in Europe.