Canon of Medicine Volume 5: Pharmacopia
Canon of Medicine Volume 5: Pharmacopia

Author: Avicenna

Publisher:

Published: 2015-02-02

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781567448580

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Volume 5 lists more than 800 pharmacologically tested simple and complex drugs, including plant and mineral substances, with a thorough description of their application and effectiveness. For each one, he described their pharmaceutical actions from a range of twenty-two to thirty possibilities, including resolution, astringency and softening, and their specific properties according to a grid of eleven types of pathological conditions, diseases. This volume not only contains an index of the contents based on healing properties of the 800 natural pharmaceuticals, but in addition a comprehensive 400 page index of all five volumes based on the names of the natural healers and what they heal.

Avicenna's Medicine
Avicenna's Medicine

Author: Mones Abu-Asab

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1620551705

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The first contemporary translation of the 1,000-year-old text at the foundation of modern medicine and biology • Presents the actual words of Avicenna translated directly from the original Arabic, removing the inaccuracies and errors of most translators • Explains current medical interpretations and ways to apply Avicenna’s concepts today, particularly for individualized medicine • Reveals how Avicenna’s understanding of the “humors” corresponds directly with the biomedical classes known today as proteins, lipids, and organic acids A millennium after his life, Avicenna remains one of the most highly regarded physicians of all time. His Canon of Medicine, also known as the Qanun, is one of the most famous and influential books in the history of medicine, forming the basis for our modern understanding of human health and disease. It focused not simply on the treatment of symptoms, but on finding the cause of illness through humoral diagnosis—a method still used in traditional Unani and Ayurvedic medicines in India. Originally written in Arabic, Avicenna’s Canon was long ago translated into Latin, Persian, and Urdu, yet many of the inaccuracies from those first translations linger in current English translations. Translated directly from the original Arabic, this volume includes detailed commentary to explain current biomedical interpretations of Avicenna’s theories and ways to apply his treatments today, particularly for individualized medicine. It shows how Avicenna’s understanding of the humors corresponds directly with the biomedical definition of proteins, lipids, and organic acids: the nutrient building blocks of our blood and body. With this new translation of the first volume of his monumental work, Avicenna’s Canon becomes just as relevant today as it was 1,000 years ago.

Internal Fixation of Small Fractures
Internal Fixation of Small Fractures

Author: Urs Heim

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 3642726143

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The second English-language edition of the Small Fragment Set Manual was enthusiastically received and quickly went into a second printing. In preparing a third edition, we found it necessary to revise the text extensively and partly restructure it. The reasons for this are numerous. Experience of recent years has brought technical refinements in the operative treatment of many types of small fracture. Many of these changes stem from the small-fragment-set training programs conducted in Switzerland since 1980, and also from courses and symposia that have been held in other European countries and the United States. These events were occasions for a fruitful ex change of experience with surgeons who were critical of our methods. As a result of this exchange, we perceived a need both to revise our indications and to give greater attention to alternative techniques. We also felt it necessary to respond to criticisms of the first two editions concerning the catalog-like instrument lists and illustrations, and the attention given to fundamental techniques. Many surgeons who work or would like to work with small implants, especially those practicing abroad, are inexperienced in operations on the larger bones. It is imperative that these colleagues be given a basic introduction to the "biomechanical thinking" of the Swiss Association for the Study of Internal Fixation (ASIF).

Avicenna on the Causes of Illness
Avicenna on the Causes of Illness

Author: Laleh Bakhtiar

Publisher: Kazi Publications

Published: 2012-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781567447873

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Avicenna in his Law of Natural Healing (Canon of Medicine), Lecture 8, describes the causes of illness including unavoidable causes such as environmental changes, natural mutations, incidental mutations, sleep and wakefulness and the influence of psychological or emotional factors as well as many other considerations. It also contains O. Cameron Gruner's extensive endnotes.

Canon of Medicine Vol. 3 Special Pathologies
Canon of Medicine Vol. 3 Special Pathologies

Author: Avicenna

Publisher: Kazi Publictions

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781567442151

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Vol. 2: Published for the first time in English alphabetical order, vol. 2 (of the 5 original volumes) of "Canon of Medicine" (Law of Natural Healing), is an essential addition to the history of medicine as it holds a treasure of information on natural pharmaceuticals used for over 1000 years to heal various diseases and disorders. Fully color illustrated with a 150 page, 7000 word index of the healing properties of each of the entries, the text itself is an alphabetical listing of the natural pharmaceuticals of the simple compounds. By simple compounds, Avicenna includes the individual plants, herbs, animals and minerals that have healing properties. Avicenna lists 800 tested natural pharmaceuticals including plant, animal and mineral substances. The compiler has included the Latin, Persian and Arabic names of the drugs along with artistic renderings of the drugs as illustrations as well as Avicenna's Tables or Grid for each entry that describes the individual, specific qualities of simple drugs.

Drugs on the Page
Drugs on the Page

Author: Matthew James Crawford

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2019-05-15

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 0822986833

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In the early modern Atlantic World, pharmacopoeias—official lists of medicaments and medicinal preparations published by municipal, national, or imperial governments—organized the world of healing goods, giving rise to new and valuable medical commodities such as cinchona bark, guaiacum, and ipecac. Pharmacopoeias and related texts, developed by governments and official medical bodies as a means to standardize therapeutic practice, were particularly important to scientific and colonial enterprises. They served, in part, as tools for making sense of encounters with a diversity of peoples, places, and things provoked by the commercial and colonial expansion of early modern Europe. Drugs on the Page explores practices of recording, organizing, and transmitting information about medicinal substances by artisans, colonial officials, indigenous peoples, and others who, unlike European pharmacists and physicians, rarely had a recognized role in the production of official texts and medicines. Drawing on examples across various national and imperial contexts, contributors to this volume offer new and valuable insights into the entangled histories of knowledge resulting from interactions and negotiations between Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans from 1500 to 1850.

Natural Product Chemistry for Drug Discovery
Natural Product Chemistry for Drug Discovery

Author: Antony D. Buss

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13: 0854041931

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This text provides a comprehensive summary of where natural product chemistry is today in drug discovery. It covers emerging technologies and case studies and is a source of up-to-date information on the topical subject of natural products.

Avicenna on Diagnosis
Avicenna on Diagnosis

Author: Laleh Bakhtiar

Publisher: Kazi Publications

Published: 2012-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781567447897

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After a general introduction, Avicenna in his Law of Natural Healing (Canon of Medicine), Lecture 9, introduces the signs of internal disease, the distinction between the disease and its secondary effects, the diagnostic signs of the temperaments, evidence of the four primary intemperaments and signs of a harmonious temperament as well as other diagnostic signs to consider. It also contains O. Cameron Gruner's extensive endnotes.

The Elixir of Life Also Known as the Philosophers' Stone
The Elixir of Life Also Known as the Philosophers' Stone

Author: Laleh Bakhtiar

Publisher: Avicenna Time

Published: 2015-02-02

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781567443592

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Journey towards uncovering the mysterious formula of the Elixir of Life, also known as the Philosophers Stone as found in Avicenna s Volume 5 of the Canon of Medicine: Pharmacopia. Avicenna's Canon of Medicine translated into Latin was the only medical textbook used in Europe for 600 years. Many readers will be familiar with Avicenna s use of the terms: Philosophers Stone and the Elixir of Life, which were made famous through the Harry Potter series. This formula is based on the humoural theory of hot, cold, wet, and dry and is said to give eternal youth. Avicenna gives you all the ingredients, their amounts and directions for how to prepare the Elixir of Life. Each ingredient is described in detail, accompanied by beautiful color illustrations. Find out for yourself if the Elixir works.