The Canon of Medicine
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The Canon of Medicine is a seminal 11th-century medical encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematized Greco-Arabic medical knowledge and served as a standard medical text in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Canon of Medicine Context triple: [Islamic medicine, hasWork, The Canon of Medicine]
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A.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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B.
al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi
Al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi is a monumental multi-volume work of Islamic jurisprudence that systematically expounds and analyzes Hanafi legal doctrine.
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C.
Kitab al-Fitan
Kitab al-Fitan is a book within the Sunan Ibn Majah collection that compiles prophetic traditions concerning trials, tribulations, and end-times events in Islamic eschatology.
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D.
al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani
Al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani is a seminal 12th-century Hanafi legal manual that systematically presents and analyzes Islamic jurisprudence and its rulings.
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E.
Kutub al-Sittah
Kutub al-Sittah is the canonical collection of six major Sunni hadith books regarded as the most authoritative sources of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and traditions after the Qur’an.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Canon of Medicine Target entity description: The Canon of Medicine is a seminal 11th-century medical encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematized Greco-Arabic medical knowledge and served as a standard medical text in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries.
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A.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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B.
al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi
Al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi is a monumental multi-volume work of Islamic jurisprudence that systematically expounds and analyzes Hanafi legal doctrine.
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C.
Kitab al-Fitan
Kitab al-Fitan is a book within the Sunan Ibn Majah collection that compiles prophetic traditions concerning trials, tribulations, and end-times events in Islamic eschatology.
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D.
al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani
Al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani is a seminal 12th-century Hanafi legal manual that systematically presents and analyzes Islamic jurisprudence and its rulings.
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E.
Kutub al-Sittah
Kutub al-Sittah is the canonical collection of six major Sunni hadith books regarded as the most authoritative sources of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and traditions after the Qur’an.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical encyclopedia
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medical textbook ⓘ philosophical treatise on medicine ⓘ |
| author |
Avicenna
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Avicenna ⓘ
surface form:
Ibn Sina
|
| book1Covers | general principles of medicine ⓘ |
| book2Covers | simple drugs ⓘ |
| book3Covers | diseases of specific organs ⓘ |
| book4Covers | general diseases and systemic conditions ⓘ |
| book5Covers | compound drugs and pharmacology ⓘ |
| contains |
descriptions of symptoms and signs
ⓘ
discussion of contagious diseases ⓘ discussion of hygiene and prevention ⓘ guidelines for diagnosis ⓘ guidelines for treatment ⓘ pharmacological recipes ⓘ systematic classification of diseases ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 11th century ⓘ |
| field |
medical ethics
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medicine ⓘ pathology ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ physiology ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
served as standard reference work for centuries
ⓘ
systematized Greco-Arabic medical knowledge ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance medicine
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medieval European medicine ⓘ medieval Islamic medicine ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Galenic medicine
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Greek medical tradition ⓘ Hippocratic medicine ⓘ Islamic medical scholarship ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
clinical observation
ⓘ
evidence-based reasoning ⓘ experimental medicine elements ⓘ humoral theory ⓘ |
| LatinTitle | Canon Medicinae ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 5 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Islamic Golden Age
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Persian cultural sphere ⓘ |
| structure | five books ⓘ |
| titleInArabic |
The Canon of Medicine
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb
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| translatedInto |
Hebrew
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Latin ⓘ various European languages ⓘ |
| usedAsStandardTextUntilCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| usedAsTextbookIn |
Europe
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Islamic world ⓘ |
| usedAt |
University of Bologna
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University of Montpellier ⓘ medieval European universities ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kitab al-Qanun fi al-Tibb
this entity surface form:
The Canon of Medicine served as a standard medical text in Europe and the Islamic world for centuries
this entity surface form:
Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb
subject surface form:
Avicenna