The Canon of Medicine
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The Canon of Medicine is an encyclopedia of medicine in five books compiled by Ibn Sina and completed in 1025. It is among the most influential works of its time. It presents an overview of the contem
Persian version of The Canon of Medicine at Avicenna's mausoleum in Hamedan
First page of the introduction to the first book (Arabic manuscript, 1597)
A Latin copy of the Canon of Medicine, dated 1484, located at the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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Galen
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Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus, often anglicized as Galen or Galen of Pergamon, was a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher. Considered to be one of the most accomplished of all medi
The Canon of Medicine
…the contemporary medical knowledge of the Islamic world, which had been influenced by earlier traditions including Greco-Roman medicine (particularly Galen), Persian medicine, Chinese medicine and Indian medicine. Its translation from Arabic to Latin in 12th century Toledo greatly influenced the development…
A 17th-century engraving by Georg P. Busch
An interpretation of Galen's human "physiological system"
Modern statue of Galen in his home town, Pergamon
A group of physicians in an image from the Vienna Dioscurides; Galen is depicted top center.