A Treatise on the Canon of Medicine of Avicenna: Incorporating a Translation of the First Book |
Contents
Preliminary Thesis The Canon of Medicine in relation | 1 |
The basic difference between the Canon and Modern | 8 |
Special differences between the Canon and Modern | 23 |
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