2022, Volume 15, Issue 2, pp 168 – 173

Avicenna and clinical experiences in Canon of Medicine

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* Corresponding Author: Farzaneh Ghaffari, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: f_ghaffari@sbmu.ac.ir; ghaffariinfo@gmail.com

Abstract

Avicenna used his medical knowledge and experience of scientists from different nations to create a new style in medicine. For this reason, his textbook, Canon of Medicine, has been considered a medical reference in all universities worldwide for centuries. In this article, some valuable and interesting diagnostic and therapeutic clinical experiences mentioned in the Canon of Medicine are described in five sections. This research was conducted to review Avicenna’s specific clinical observations and interventions in PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus databases using the keywords “Avicenna” and “Canon of Medicine”. In this article, we presented several examples of diagnostic and therapeutic clinical experiences mentioned in the Canon of Medicine in 5 areas, including semiology, therapeutic strategy, urology, neurology, obstetrics, and gynecology. Canon of Medicine, as a complete medical series containing the medical experiences from different nations and Iranian medical scientists, has influenced the world’s medical knowledge for several centuries. Some of Avicenna’s clinical and experimental views can be useful from both a historical point of view and new research.

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PMC ID: 8999087
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DOI: 10.25122/jml-2021-0246

Article Publishing Date (print): 2 2022
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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