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(Now available only in Arabic. Latin translation coming soon.)
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A medical encyclopedia in a convenient, one-volume reference size suitable for the traveling physician.
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Avicenna combines the time-honored wisdom of the ancient practitioners
Hippocrates and Galen with techniques based on his own experience and
clinical research. Let him answer such questions as: What is the best way
to treat a fever? When is bleeding the right treatment? What is the medicinal
power of cinnamon?
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The Canon tells you what you need to know about human anatomy
and physiology, the causes and symptoms of disease, surgery, traditional
treatments, and new herbal remedies.
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Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina is known in Islamic lands as
Ibn-Sina and in Western Europe as Avicenna. At age 16, he was practicing
medicine. By age 20, he was considered by many as the most learned
person of his time.
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