The Canon of Medicine by Avicenna

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:medicine
gptkbp:author gptkb:Avicenna
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Islamic_medical_schools
medieval European universities
gptkbp:contains gptkb:medicine
materia medica
detailed pharmacopoeia
diseases and treatments
formulary of medicines
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Persia
gptkbp:fifthBookCovers compound drugs
gptkbp:firstBook general medical principles
gptkbp:fourthBookCovers diseases not specific to organs
gptkbp:hasTextbook gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Middle_East
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Canon of Medicine by Avicenna
gptkbp:influenced Islamic medicine
European medicine
gptkbp:languageOfWork gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:notableFor classification of diseases
description of contagious diseases
systematic approach to medicine
influence on medical education
description of pharmacological substances
gptkbp:numberOfVolumes 5
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:Al-Qanun_fi_al-Tibb
gptkbp:preservedIn various libraries worldwide
gptkbp:publicationDate 1025
gptkbp:secondBookCovers simple drugs
gptkbp:significance basis for medical curricula for centuries
cornerstone of pre-modern medicine
gptkbp:structure five books
gptkbp:subject gptkb:medicine
gptkb:pharmacy
anatomy
physiology
gptkbp:thirdBookCovers diseases of specific organs
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Latin
gptkb:Persian
English
gptkbp:usedAsTextbookUntil 17th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Al-Zahrawi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6