The traditional diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases: a description from Avicenna’s
This article presents selected text on respiratory medicine from the famous book of medicine, Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (the Canon of Medicine) by Avicenna (981—1037 AD), which was taught for 600 years as a standard text of medicine across medieval Europe. The authentic manuscript of the Canon of Medicine...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2009-12-01
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Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1753465809349254 |