The Canon of Medicine
The Canon of Medicine (Arabic: القانون في الطب Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb "The Law of Medicine"; Persian: قانون پزشکی Qanun "Law"; Latin: Canon Medicinae "Canon of Medicine"; Chinese: 回回藥方 / 回回药方 Huíhui Yàofāng "Prescriptions of the Hui Nationality") is a 14-volume medical encyclopedia compiled by Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) and completed in 1025. The book was based on the writings of the Roman physician Galen,and Hippocrates as told by Galen.
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