The Law of Medicine - Book I of al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (English Edition)
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The complete English translation of Book I of Ibn Sina's al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (The Canon of Medicine) - the founding text of systematic medicine, translated directly from the Arabic original into clear modern scholarly English. Book I covers the general principles of the science of medicine: the definition of medicine and its subjects, the temperaments, the humours, the faculties and powers, the anatomy of the bones, nerves, muscles, arteries and veins, and the general principles of health and disease. 211 sections, translated with the argumentative structure and technical meaning of the original preserved exactly. A single continuous English edition for students of the history of medicine, practitioners of Unani and Greco-Arabic medicine, and anyone who wants Ibn Sina's own words rather than a summary. Translated by Rizwan Azeem.
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