A medical encyclopedia in a convenient, one-volume reference size suitable for the traveling physician.
		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?
		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.

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.