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    Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna, was an 11th century Persian polymath who authored over 200 works. He wrote the Canon of Medicine, a seminal medical text that was used as the standard medical textbook in Europe for over 700 years. The Canon of Medicine compiled all existing medical knowledge at the time and was influential in advancing fields like contagious diseases, epidemiology, and psychology. Ibn Sina made many contributions to medicine and was considered one of the most influential physicians until the modern era.

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    Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna, was an 11th century Persian polymath who authored over 200 works. He wrote the Canon of Medicine, a seminal medical text that was used as the standard medical textbook in Europe for over 700 years. The Canon of Medicine compiled all existing medical knowledge at the time and was influential in advancing fields like contagious diseases, epidemiology, and psychology. Ibn Sina made many contributions to medicine and was considered one of the most influential physicians until the modern era.

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    Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna, was an 11th century Persian polymath who authored over 200 works. He wrote the Canon of Medicine, a seminal medical text that was used as the standard medical textbook in Europe for over 700 years. The Canon of Medicine compiled all existing medical knowledge at the time and was influential in advancing fields like contagious diseases, epidemiology, and psychology. Ibn Sina made many contributions to medicine and was considered one of the most influential physicians until the modern era.

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    Ibn Sina
    Full Name: Abu Ali Ibn Sina
    Period: 980-1037 AD
    Nickname: Avicenna

    ❖ was conceivably the utmost physician until the contemporary epoch.


    ❖ Books authored: 246
    ❖ Famous Books:
    ➢ Kitab-al Shifa (The Book of Healing) : 20 volumes
    ➢ Al-Qanun Fit Tibb (The Canons of Medicine): was a standard textbook for over
    700 years, even in Europe. It was the main source of information about
    medicine in the West from the 12th to the 17th centuries. The author of The
    Evolution of Modern Science, Dr. William Osler, says, "The Qanun has been a
    medical Bible for longer than any other work." It had more than a million words
    and graphed all of the medical information from ancient and Muslim sources, as
    well as his own new ideas. The book explained more than 760 medicines and
    was the most reliable of its time.
    ❖ Works:
    ➢ Ibn Sina's ideas led to discoveries like the fact that phthisis and tuberculosis are
    contagious, that diseases can be spread through water and soil, and that
    psychology and medicine can work together.
    ➢ was also the first person to describe meningitis. He also made ironic
    contributions to anatomy, gynecology, and the health of children.

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