Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 2, p. 74 — cautery; illness and the sick

القانون في الطب لابن سينا ج2، ص 74 — الكي، المرض والمريض

An excerpt from Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 2, p. 74, that mentions cautery, illness and the sick, pain, named diseases, the organs of the body, surgery, circumcision and splints; from the machine-read scan, quoted within forty words per the sources policy.

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«الكتاب الثالث الفنّ الأوّل : في أمراض الرأس والدماغ ذلك كان في لبن مرضعة جارية، وخصوصاً عند اشتداد الوجع وغلبة السهر. وأما الكيّ وفصد الشرايين وقطعها وعرق الجبهة في البيضة، فعلى ما كان في الصداع العتيق. وأما الغذاء فما لا …»

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Prophetic medicine (al-tibb al-nabawi)· Medicine· Anatomy· Surgery, the work of the hand (al-jiraha)

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al-Bayhaqi's Dala'il al-Nubuwwa, scan volume 2, p. 268 — cupping; pain· 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· Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 1, p. 599 — medicine given by the mouth-side or the nose; pain· Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 2, p. 175 — cupping; named diseases· Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine, vol. 2, p. 54 — cupping; fever

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  • The Canon of Medicine, vol. 2 (Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya, Beirut, 1999)
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al-Bayhaqi's Dala'il al-Nubuwwa, scan volume 2, p. 268 — cupping; pain

An excerpt from al-Bayhaqi's Dala'il al-Nubuwwa, scan volume 2, p. 268, that mentions cupping, pain, the organs of the body, surgery, circumcision and splints; from the machine-read scan, quoted within forty words per the sources policy.