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Compilation of Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine (1010s)

Type Event Region West Asia Time 1011–1020

Persian physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna) continued writing his great medical work the Canon of Medicine (al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb) in the 1010s;…

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  1. 1011–1015Hamadan · IranWhile practicing medicine at the Buyid court, Ibn Sina accumulated clinical experience and began systematically organizing the earlier volumes of the Canon. He synthesized the works of Galen, Rhazes, and other predecessors with his own observations to construct a unified medical theoretical system.
  2. 1016–1020Isfahan · IranIn the later 1010s, Ibn Sina continued writing subsequent volumes of the Canon in Isfahan and elsewhere, completing core chapters on disease classification, pharmacology, and principles of treatment. The work was renowned for its rigorous logic and breadth of content, and soon circulated widely throughout the Islamic world.

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