March 15, 2019 ☼ history ☼ 1025AD ☼ findings

Ibn Sina / Avicenna | “The Canon of Medicine” in Ireland

Outstanding finding in Ireland: a translated fragment from “The Canon of Medicine” by the Persian polymath Ibn Sina / Avicenna (930-1037), one of the most brilliant minds of the Middle Ages. This medical encyclopedia, based on the Greco-Roman, Persian and Indian medicine, plus the advanced science and innovations within the Abbasid Caliphate borders - was of such value that it was used until 1650. Great minds knows no borders.

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/irish-translation-of-avicenna