WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Ibn Sina was an 11th Century Persian writer and philosopher who was MOST famous for his work in:
A
politics
B
geography
C
architecture
D
medicine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Avicenna, Arabic Ibn Sīnā, in full Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā, (born 980, near Bukhara, Iran [now in Uzbekistan]-died 1037, Hamadan, Iran), Muslim physician, the most famous and influential of the philosopher-scientists of the medieval Islamic world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ibn-Sina introduced very advanced drug designing based on drug delivery, targeting the organ, deposition in the site of action, pain control, wound healing, clearance after action, and supporting the organ.

Detailed explanation-3: -He was one of the first doctors to link disease with mental health and used this method to prevent and treat depression in patients. In his many books, Avicenna emphasised an important diet, He evaluated the uses of several plants and lots of his herbal remedies are now being supported by scientific evidence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ibn Sina, the most eminent Muslim physician, illuminative philosopher, great thinker and a versatile genius is regarded as the “Father of Early Modern Medicine” and as the “Father of Clinical Pharmacology".

Detailed explanation-5: -Ibn Sina (or Avicenna) is the first physician to introduce psychotherapy to the world of medicine, and his book The Canon of Medicine remained, for seven centuries, European universities’ main reference in medical science until the mid-17th century.

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