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

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BM.23.AA2
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781594774324
  • 1594774323