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| - | '''Love sickness''' has historically been viewed as a [[mental illness]] brought on by the intense changes associated with [[falling in love]]. [[Avicenna|Ibn Sena]], the [[10th century]] physician considered to be "the father of modern medicine," viewed [[obsession]] as the principal symptom and cause of [[love sickness]]. This diagnosis has been out of favor since the collapse of the [[four humours|humoral model]] and advent of modern scientific [[psychiatry]]. | + | '''Avicenna''' (c. 980 - 1037) was a [[polymath]] of [[Persian people|Persian]] origin and the [[Medicine in medieval Islam|foremost physician]] and [[Islamic philosophy|philosopher of his time]]. He was also [[Astronomy in medieval Islam|an astronomer]], [[Alchemy and chemistry in medieval Islam|chemist]], [[Geography and cartography in medieval Islam|geologist]], [[Hafiz (Qur'an)|Hafiz]], [[Psychology in medieval Islam|Islamic psychologist]], [[Muslim scholars|Islamic scholar]], [[Islamic theology|Islamic theologian]], [[Logic in Islamic philosophy|logician]], [[paleontologist]], [[Mathematics in medieval Islam|mathematician]], [[Maktab]] teacher, [[Physics in medieval Islam|physicist]], [[Islamic poetry|poet]], and [[Science in medieval Islam|scientist]]. |
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| + | Ibn Sīnā studied medicine under a physician named [[Kushyar ibn Labban|Koushyar]]. He wrote almost 450 treatises on a wide range of subjects, of which around 240 have survived. In particular, 150 of his surviving treatises concentrate on philosophy and 40 of them concentrate on medicine. His most famous works are ''[[The Book of Healing]]'', a vast philosophical and scientific [[encyclopaedia]], and ''[[The Canon of Medicine]]'', The ''Canon of Medicine'' was used as a text-book in the universities of [[University of Montpellier|Montpellier]] and [[Université catholique de Louvain|Louvain]] as late as 1650. | ||
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| + | Ibn Sīnā's ''Canon of Medicine'' provides a complete system of medicine according to the principles of [[Galen]] (and [[Hippocrates]]). | ||
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| + | [[George Sarton]], an early author of the [[history of science]], wrote in the ''Introduction to the History of Science'': | ||
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| + | :"One of the most famous exponents of Muslim [[universalism]] and an eminent figure in [[Islamic science|Islamic learning]] was Ibn Sina, known in the West as Avicenna (981-1037). For a thousand years he has retained his original renown as one of the greatest thinkers and [[Islamic medicine|medical scholars]] in history. His most important medical works are the [[The Canon of Medicine|Qanun (Canon)]] and a treatise on [[Heart|Cardiac]] [[drug]]s. The '[[The Canon of Medicine|Qanun fi-l-Tibb]]' is an immense encyclopedia of medicine. It contains some of the most illuminating thoughts pertaining to distinction of [[mediastinitis]] from [[pleurisy]]; [[Infectious disease|contagious nature]] of [[Tuberculosis|phthisis]]; distribution of diseases by water and soil; careful description of skin troubles; of [[sexual disease]]s and [[perversion]]s; of [[Anxiety|nervous ailments]]." | ||
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Avicenna (c. 980 - 1037) was a polymath of Persian origin and the foremost physician and philosopher of his time. He was also an astronomer, chemist, geologist, Hafiz, Islamic psychologist, Islamic scholar, Islamic theologian, logician, paleontologist, mathematician, Maktab teacher, physicist, poet, and scientist.
Ibn Sīnā studied medicine under a physician named Koushyar. He wrote almost 450 treatises on a wide range of subjects, of which around 240 have survived. In particular, 150 of his surviving treatises concentrate on philosophy and 40 of them concentrate on medicine. His most famous works are The Book of Healing, a vast philosophical and scientific encyclopaedia, and The Canon of Medicine, The Canon of Medicine was used as a text-book in the universities of Montpellier and Louvain as late as 1650.
Ibn Sīnā's Canon of Medicine provides a complete system of medicine according to the principles of Galen (and Hippocrates).
George Sarton, an early author of the history of science, wrote in the Introduction to the History of Science:
- "One of the most famous exponents of Muslim universalism and an eminent figure in Islamic learning was Ibn Sina, known in the West as Avicenna (981-1037). For a thousand years he has retained his original renown as one of the greatest thinkers and medical scholars in history. His most important medical works are the Qanun (Canon) and a treatise on Cardiac drugs. The 'Qanun fi-l-Tibb' is an immense encyclopedia of medicine. It contains some of the most illuminating thoughts pertaining to distinction of mediastinitis from pleurisy; contagious nature of phthisis; distribution of diseases by water and soil; careful description of skin troubles; of sexual diseases and perversions; of nervous ailments."
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