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The Canon of Medicine

القانون

Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, translated by Gerard of Cremona, stood beside Hippocrates and Galen in Europe's universities, with some sixty Latin editions between 1500 and 1674.

Author
Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (d. 1037)
Field
Medicine
Arabic title
القانونُ في الطبّ
Latin title
Canon medicinae (Liber canonis)

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