Avicenna Writes His Canon of Medicine
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Education, Literature, Publishing, Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Philosophers, Scientists, Islam, Muslims, Mosques
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Middle East, Asia, Persia, Iran
- Date: c. 1010-1015
Article abstract: Avicenna writes his Canon of Medicine, a five-book medical encyclopedia that serves as the authoritative source in both the Islamic world and Europe for half a millennium.
Summary of Event
In 1015, at the age of thirty-five, Avicenna (ibn Sina) completed the first of five books that would make up his Canon of Medicine, a task undertaken because he believed that neither the Classical nor Islamic world had produced a book that could teach the practice of medicine as an integral whole. The end result of his efforts was a medical...
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