Canon Medicinae
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Canon Medicinae is the Latin title of Avicenna’s influential medieval medical encyclopedia, widely used as a standard medical text in Europe and the Islamic world for centuries.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical encyclopedia
ⓘ
medical text ⓘ medieval work ⓘ |
| author |
Avicenna
NERFINISHED
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Ibn Sina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Galenic medicine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hippocratic tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookCount | 5 ⓘ |
| contains |
clinical observations
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diagnostic methods ⓘ humoral theory ⓘ pharmacological descriptions ⓘ therapeutic regimens ⓘ |
| covers |
compound remedies
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diseases of specific organs ⓘ general medical principles ⓘ simple drugs ⓘ systemic diseases ⓘ |
| dateWritten | early 11th century ⓘ |
| field |
anatomy
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medical theory ⓘ medicine ⓘ pathology ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ physiology ⓘ therapeutics ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Avicenna's Canon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canon of Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArabicTitle | Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
European medicine
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Islamic medicine ⓘ Renaissance medicine ⓘ medical education in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| LatinTitleOf | The Canon of Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long-lasting authority in medical curricula
ⓘ
systematic organization of medical knowledge ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | five books ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
Hebrew
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Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ various European languages ⓘ |
| usedAs | standard medical text ⓘ |
| usedIn |
European universities
ⓘ
Islamic medical schools ⓘ medieval universities ⓘ |
| wasStandardTextUntil | 17th century in Europe ⓘ |
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