WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was Ibn Sina best known for?
A
Invented the astrolabe
B
Was the first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty
C
Wrote the first medical encyclopedia
D
Wrote Arabian Nights
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -However, his book Al Qanun fi al Tibb or simply the Canon is the most influential medical book ever written by a Muslim physician. It is a one million word medical encyclopedia representing a summation of Arabian medicine with its Greek roots, modified by the personal observations of Ibn Sina.

Detailed explanation-2: -Avicenna’s most influential works were Kitāb al-shifāʾ (Book of the Cure, or The Cure), an encyclopaedic exposition of logic, physics, mathematics, and metaphysics, and Al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (The Canon of Medicine), one of the most important texts in the history of medicine.

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: -The Canon of Medicine (Arabic: al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb; Persian: , Qanun-e dâr Tâb) is an encyclopedia of medicine in five books compiled by Persian physician-philosopher Avicenna ( , Ibn Sina) and completed in 1025.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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