Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 2, p. 577 — cupping; cautery

القانون في الطب لابن سينا ج2، ص 577 — الحجامة، الكي

An excerpt from Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 2, p. 577, that mentions cupping, cautery, the organs of the body, surgery, circumcision and splints, the drug; from the machine-read scan, quoted within forty words per the sources policy.

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«… أن تضع المحاجم، وتشرط عليها، وربما وجب عند غلبة الخلط السوداوي والدم، أن يفصد الوداج الأيسر، ويكوى على خمسة مواضع من الطحال، أو ستة، ثم لا تدعها تبرأ. فإن لم يصبر على النار، استعملت الكاوي من الأدوية، مثل ضمّاد التين، …»

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Prophetic medicine (al-tibb al-nabawi)· Anatomy· Surgery, the work of the hand (al-jiraha)· Simple and compound drugs (al-adwiya al-mufrada wal-murakkaba)

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al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1230 — cupping; the hospital and the medical craft· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1248 — cupping; illness and the sick· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1333 — cupping; pain· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 3048 — honey as a remedy; pain· Medicine· al-Bayhaqi's Dala'il al-Nubuwwa, scan volume 2, p. 268 — cupping; pain· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1354 — illness and the sick; pain· al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1356 — the black seed; illness and the sick

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  • The Canon of Medicine, vol. 2 (Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya, Beirut, 1999)
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al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1230 — cupping; the hospital and the medical craft

An excerpt from al-Razi's al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, p. 1230, that mentions cupping, the hospital and the medical craft, treatment, the organs of the body, surgery, circumcision and splints, drugs and pharmacy; from the machine-read scan, quoted within forty words per the sources policy.