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(Now available only in Arabic. Latin translation coming soon.)
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A medical encyclopedia in a convenient, one-volume reference size
suitable for the traveling physician.
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Avicenna combines the time-honored wisdom of the ancient practitioners
Hippocrates and Galen with techniques based on his own experience
and clinical research. Let him answer such questions as: What is
the best way to treat a fever? When is bleeding the right treatment?
What is the medicinal power of cinnamon?
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The Canon tells you what you need to know about human anatomy
and physiology, the causes and symptoms of disease, surgery, traditional
treatments, and new herbal remedies.
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Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina is known in Islamic lands as Ibn-Sina
and in Western Europe as Avicenna. At age 16, he was practicing medicine.
By age 20, he was considered by many as the most learned person of his
time.
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