Avicenna's medicine : a new translation of the 11th-century canon with practical applications for integrative health care / Mones Abu-Asab, Hakima Amri, Marc S. Micozzi.
- Avicenna, 980-1037.
- Date:
- [2013], ©2013
- Books
About this work
Also known as
Qānūn fī al-ṭibb. Kitāb 1. English
Description
"The first contemporary translation of the 1,000-year-old text at the foundation of modern medicine and biology"--Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
Rochester, Vt. : Healing Arts Press, [2013], ©2013.
Physical description
xviii, 462 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 446-448) and index.
Contents
Primer : concepts of Unani medicine -- Topics of medicine -- The Unani elements : the basics or origins -- The theory of temperaments -- The humors -- The organs according to Avicenna -- A general view of the faculties and actions -- Diseases -- Diseases, causes, and symptoms -- Symptoms and signs -- Introduction -- Raising children -- Common regimen of adults -- Health management of the elderly -- Management of the distempered body -- Transitions/seasonal management -- Treatments according to general diseases.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineBM.23.AA2Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781594774324
- 1594774323