Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: February | Volume: 7 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 358-361
A Review of Second Chapter of First Book- Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine
Azizur Rahman1, Mohammad Aslam2
1Dept. of MahiyatulAmraz (Pathology), NIUM, Bengaluru, India
2Dept. of TahaffuziwaSamajiTib (Preventive and social medicine), AMU, Aligarh, India
Corresponding Author: Azizur Rahman
ABSTRACT
Greeko Arab philosophers and physicians have written numerous books on different topics. RabbanTabri’s Paradise of wisdom, Rhazi’s book Liber Continens and Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine (Al QanoonFilTib) are the famous books. Among them Avicenna’s book is being reviewed i.e. Canon of medicine. It contains mainly five books and each book is composed of different chapters. In second chapter of first book, Avicenna has described how everything is made in universe and what are the basic components; which are essential to form the tri natural kingdoms (plants, animals, and minerals). In this paper, it is trying to explain his writings in this chapter to make it more comprehensive in contemporary era for better understanding and further research.
Keywords: Al Qanoon, Canon of medicine, Avicenna, four basic constituents.
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