Page from 'The Canon of Medicine' (1025) by the Persian physician Avicenna (980-1037). The illustration at top is an allegorical representation of a w
Page from 'The Canon of Medicine' (1025) by the Persian physician Avicenna (980-1037). The illustration at top is an allegorical representation of a war between two cities. The illustration at centre right shows a doctor giving a lecture. Avicenna is a Latinised form of his full Arabic name Abu-Ali Al-Husain Ibn Abdullah Ibn Sina. Avicenna, who based much of his work on earlier Greek and Roman writers, wrote medical treatises such as 'The Canon' and 'The Book of Healing'. His books were translated into Latin in the 12th century and were the basis of medicine in Europe until the 17th century.
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