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Practice these MCQs in the appQuick fact: The book Al Qanoon Fi Tib (The Canon of Medicine) was written by Abu Ali Sina (Avicenna).
Abu Ali Sina, known in the West as Avicenna (980–1037 CE), was a Persian polymath and one of the most significant physicians and philosophers of the Islamic Golden Age. His magnum opus, Al Qanoon Fi Tib (The Canon of Medicine), is a comprehensive medical encyclopedia that systematically compiled Greek, Roman, and Islamic medical knowledge. The book remained a standard medical textbook in European universities for over 600 years and is considered one of the most influential works in the history of medicine.
Abu Ali Sina authored over 450 works across various fields including medicine, philosophy, astronomy, and mathematics. Al Qanoon Fi Tib consists of five volumes covering basic medical principles, simple drugs, diseases of individual organs, systemic diseases, and compound medicines. The other options are also notable Muslim physicians: Al-Razi wrote Kitab al-Hawi, Ibn Rushd (Averroes) was a philosopher-physician from Andalusia, and Al-Zahrawi was a pioneering surgeon known for his work Al-Tasrif.
