Avicenna ..short biography

1. Ibn Sīnā
Avicenna (980-1037)
 PRESENTATION BY : SHABEER KHAN
 PROF: DR. KIYMET SANIC
 DEPARTMENT:GENERAL MEDICINE
 PRESENTATION : A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF IBN SINA IN THE
HISTORY OF MEDICINE

2. Contents:-
 Short Biography
 Early life.
 Medical Education.
 Works in Medicine.
 Books in Medicine.
 Observations in other Fields.
 Comments.
 References.

3. BIOGRAPHY OF IBN
SINA (ABU ALI SINA)
• THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PHYSCIAN IN THE
HISTORY OF MEDICINE
 THE FATHER OF EARLY MEDICINE.

4. BIRTH
 Ibn Sina was born C,
980 in Afshana, a
village near Bukhara
(present Uzbekistan) ,
 His father name was
Abdullah who was a
respected scholar from
balkh ( present
Afghanistan)

5. EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION :-
 Ibn sina had memorised the
entire Quran by the age of 10,
 He learned indian arithmetic.
 Also studied Islamic
jurisprudence
 He studied Metaphysics of
Aristotle but could not
understand until he read the
book AL-FARABI

6. MEDICAL EDUCATION:
 Ibn sina turned to medicine by
the age of 16.
 He not only learned medical
theory but also learned
philosophy
 At the age 18 he becomes a
qualified physician.
 His first appointment was
treating the Emir Nuh !! From a
dangerous illness in 997

7. WORK IN MEDICINE
 According to some researches the
view of Avicenna in diagnosis and
treatment of some diseases
 Such as .
 Asthma is more precise then the
findings of modern medicines.
 Or in jaundice obstruction his
prescribed medicine are in conformity
with the findings of new researches

9. HIS FAMOUS BOOKS IN MEDICINE:-
 He was the author of many
book in different fields .
 But some of his famous books
in medicine are:
 Al Qanun fil tibb (THE CANON
OF MEDICINE)
 Kitab Al shifa (THE BOOK OF
HEALING)

10. THE CANON OF MEDICINE:-
 He authored a five volume
medical encyclopedia .
 It was used as a standerd medical
textbook up to 18 century
 The Canon is a systematic,
comprehensive survey of the
field of medical knowledge.

11. CONTENTS OF CANON
 IN THIS BOOK HE WROTE ABOUT
 ANATOMY;
 ETIOLOGY AND SYMPTOMS;
 HYGIENE, HEALTH AND SICKNESS;
 THERAPEUTIC NOSOLOGY;
 DIETARY TREATMENTS;
 "HEAD-TO-TOE DISEASES";
 DISEASES THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN ORGANS"; AND A
COMPENDIUM OF MORE THAN 700 "COMPOUND DRUGS

12. THE BOOK OF HEALING
 This book is also known as (the
cure)
 It contains philosophical
encyclopedia
 In this book he discusses
 The mind and its existence
 The mind body relationship
 Sensetion and
 preception

13. Ibn Sina's careful observations
contributed to a wide range of
medical fields
AND ALSO IN OTHER FIELD OF MEDICAL INCLUDING
ANATOMY,
PATHOLOGY,
NEPHROLOGY,
CARDIOLOGY
HE IS CITED AS A FOUNDER OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AS WELL AS
AN EARLY VISIONARY OF EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE

14. DEATH
 When he was sick his friends
adviced him to slow down and
take life moderately
 He refused and stating that” I
prefer a short life with width to a
narrow one with length”.
 He died in June 1037, in his fifty-
six year, and was buried in
Hamadan, Iran.

15. Conclusions and comments:-
 HE was a physician, the most famous and
influential of the philosopher-scientists of the
medieval Islamic world. He was particularly noted
for his contributions in the fields of Aristotelian
philosophy and medicine
 He gaves enormous ideas and invention in the
field of medicine.

16. References:-
 "Ibn Sina Abu 'Ali Al-Husayn“
 https://www.famousscientists.org/avicenna/#:~:text=in%20Hamedan%2C%
20Iran.-,Works,including%20over%20a%
 https://www.medicaldaily.com/people-medicine-influence-history-374620
 Some books history of medicine
 Ancient medicine by Avecinna

17. Any question ..
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