Avicenna and clinical experiences in Canon of Medicine

Авиценна и клинический опыт в «Каноне врачебной науки»
Farzaneh Ghaffari, Majid Taheri, Azam Meyari, Y Karimi, Mohsen Naseri
2022-02-01

AvicennaCanon of Medicineclinical observationsdiagnostic and therapeutic experiencesmedical history
Avicenna used his medical knowledge and experience of scientists from different nations to create a new style in medicine. For this reason, his textbook, Canon of Medicine, has been considered a medical reference in all universities worldwide for centuries. In this article, some valuable and interesting diagnostic and therapeutic clinical experiences mentioned in the Canon of Medicine are described in five sections. This research was conducted to review Avicenna's specific clinical observations and interventions in PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus databases using the keywords "Avicenna" and "Canon of Medicine". In this article, we presented several examples of diagnostic and therapeutic clinical experiences mentioned in the Canon of Medicine in 5 areas, including semiology, therapeutic strategy, urology, neurology, obstetrics, and gynecology. Canon of Medicine, as a complete medical series containing the medical experiences from different nations and Iranian medical scientists, has influenced the world's medical knowledge for several centuries. Some of Avicenna's clinical and experimental views can be useful from both a historical point of view and new research.
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Avicenna integrated medical knowledge and experiences from scientists of different nations into a distinctive medical framework.
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Some of Avicenna’s clinical and experimental observations may remain useful for historical analysis and for guiding new research.
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The Canon of Medicine served as a medical reference in universities worldwide for centuries and influenced global medical knowledge.
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The review identifies diagnostic and therapeutic clinical experiences from the Canon across semiology, therapeutic strategy, urology, neurology, obstetrics, and gynecology.

Avicenna's Canon of Medicine and the clinical experiences documented in it

Avicenna's diagnostic and therapeutic clinical observations and interventions across semiology, therapeutic strategy, urology, neurology, obstetrics, and gynecology

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Farzaneh Ghaffari
Majid Taheri
Azam Meyari
Y Karimi
Mohsen Naseri
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