الملخص
This Arabic manuscript is an edition of Avicenna's (Ibn Sina's) seminal medical encyclopedia, "Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb" (The Canon of Medicine), a comprehensive 11th-century treatise that systematizes medical knowledge, covering topics from pharmacology and drug properties to disease causes, treatments, anatomy, and health preservation.
Divided into books and chapters, it discusses remedies for various ailments, the effects of medicines, dietary advice, and ethical considerations in healing, drawing on Greek, Persian, and Islamic traditions.
The work emphasizes a balanced, holistic approach to medicine, integrating philosophy, observation, and spiritual elements, and has profoundly influenced both Eastern and Western medical practices for centuries.