Avicenna

Ibn Sina, known as Avicenna in the west, lived from 980 to 1037 CE and is known mainly for his impact on medicine, but also for theology, philosophy and astronomy, and is said to have written 99 works on topics such as these. Of the 99, 16 were on medicine, 8 of which being versified treatises on subjects such as hygenic precepts, proved remedies and anatomical matters. The most famous of all of his works, as well as most important and influential, was the //Qanun,// a medical encyclopedia divided into 5 sections: general principles, simple drugs, diseases of particular organs/ body parts, diseases which spread to other body parts, and compound medicines. In the 12th century, it was translated into Latin by Gerard of Cremona and became known as the //Canon// in Europe. This encyclopedia served as the cheif medical text of Europe from the 12th to 17th centuries.

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