Avicenna Canon of Medicine Volume 1 by Avicenna

In al-Qanun, Ibn Sina basically followed the methodical, analytical line originated by al-Razi. [Ibn Sina, or Avicenna, lived in Hamadan and Jurjan from 980 to 1037 CE, and acquired great fame in mediaeval European medicine. Springfield, Illinois Charles C Thomas, 1963 p 52a) An imaginary drawing of Ibn Sina ( Source: Krueger, H.C.: Avicenna’s poem on medicine. Note: Composed by Cem Nizamoglu, first published in 1001 Inventions website.įigure 2. In medicine, his encyclpedic book, al-Qanun (The Canon) - Al Qanun Fi Al-Tibb (The Canon of Medicine)- was translated into Latin towards the end of the twelfth century CE, and became a reference source for medical studies in the universities of Europe until the end of the seventeenth century. His philosophical views have engaged the attention of Western thinkers over several centuries, and his books have been among the most important sources in philosophy. ‘Ali Ibn Sina, in Latin he is know as Avicenna and his most famous works are those on philosophy and medicine. Original resource at: Yale University Library.ĭescription based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.The Sheikh al-Ra'is Sharaf al-Mulk Abu ‘Ali al-Husayn b. Original resource extent: 505 leaves 21.5 x 31 centimeters. Title devised, in English, by Library staff. The manuscript was a gift of Harvey Cushing (1869-1939), a Yale-educated neurosurgeon, whose collection of rare medical books forms a key part of the Medical Historical Library in the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University. Two leaves of notes in Arabic and Persian appear at the end. Catchwords and headings are in red, blue, and gold. The text is gilt ruled, 39 lines per page.

The manuscript is in a medium-sized Nakshi script. The colophon indicates that the copy was made in 1006 AH (1597 AD) by Abd al-Karim al-Qutbi al-Hanafi. Presented here is a manuscript of the complete canon, in five parts.

His Al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (The canon of medicine) became the authoritative reference on medicine in the Middle Ages, not only in the Islamic world but, in Latin translations, in Europe as well. He was foremost a physician but was also an astronomer, chemist, geologist, psychologist, philosopher, logician, mathematician, physicist, and poet. He was the most famous and influential of the many Islamic scholars, scientists, and philosophers of the medieval world. Al-Husayn Ibn Abdullah Ibn Sīnā (980-1037), commonly known by the Latinized version of his name Avicenna, was born near Bukhara in Persia (present-day Uzbekistan).

Avicenna Canon of Medicine Volume 1 by Avicenna