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Avicenna

Introduction

Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037) was a very prominent scholar, philosopher and a physician. His real name was Abu Ali Husain Ibn Abdallah Ibn Sina. Ibn Sina's writings are among the outstanding works that have enriched the world culture. His legacy inherited many works on philosophy, astrology, logic, music, mathematics, psychology, theology, and many other sciences, but, of course, first of all, it was his famous work in the field of medicine: "The medical canon”, "Book of Healing". Born in Persia (now known as Uzbekistan), he was known in the East as Avicenna, and was one of the most prominent researchers and practitioners in the history of medicine (Abdal and William, 1974, 38-98).

Avicenna was interested in medicine since a very young age, when he wasn't even 12 years old; he began studying it on the advice of the famous doctor and philosopher Abu Salah al-Masih. "Then I got addicted to the science of healing, - the autobiography of Avicenna - and began to read books on it and, of course, succeeded in medicine in the shortest possible time so that the well-known doctors of the time were to come to me for advice. I attended patients and as a result I have made ??the experience open for me the gates of healing such that it is beyond description. And I was at that time sixteen years". Ibn Sina (Avicenna), begins to engage in independent practice and soon became a very well-known doctor that he got invited to the palace for the treatment of a very seriously ill Bukhara Emir Nuh ibn Mansur (Yapp and Malcolm, 1975, 75-65).

Avicenna coined many new herbs that have medicinal properties, and used alcohol antiseptic properties. "Canon of Medicine" - one of the most famous books in the history of medicine. In essence - this is a whole medical encyclopedia, treated with great fullness (within the knowledge of the time), all that relates to human health and disease. The exact date of the completion of the "canon" is not installed. Supposedly, it is said that it was completed in the year 1020 (Gruner and Cameron, 1935, 155-241).

This major work already in the twelfth century, was being translated into latin from Arabic language, and sold in a number of manuscripts. And the time when the printing press was invented, "Canon" was one of the first printed books, which was published after the Bible, and the number of publications competing with the Bible. The Latin text of "Canon of Medicine" was first published in 1473godu and Arabic - in 1543 (Goodman and Lenn Evan, 1992, 24-31).

Very soon the "Canon" became the medical encyclopedia in the world. Canon was the basic textbook in Christian medical schools across Europe and in Asia, for centuries it was taught by doctors. Herbalists of ancient Russia also constantly mention the name of the scientist "Avis" who give his recipes. His work has been used in Vienna and Frankfurt up until the seventeenth century, and in some places, up to the ...