Canon of Medicine

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1025
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Avicenna

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The only medical textbook used for over 700 years in Europe, this is an exceptional historical document for the history of medicine. Avicenna was known by St. Thomas Aquinas as well... Show More

Number of Pages: 710

ISBN: 1871031672

ISBN-13: 9781871031676

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Riva @rivatez · Jul 5, 2022

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I’m reading a bunch of early science these days. Avicenna wrote this Canon of Medicine in 1025 AD (!) and some of the stuff he got correct (neuro, pathology, germ theory) is incredible. Reading historical texts forces you to test your assumptions by considering theirs