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1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations |
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Princeton legacy library |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- I. Text, Commentary, and Pedagogy in Renaissance Medicine -- 2. The Canon of Avicenna -- 3. The Canon in the Medieval Universities and the Humanist Attack on Avicenna -- 4. The Canon in Italian Medical Education After 1500 -- 5. Renaissance Editions -- 6. Commentators and Commentaries -- 7. Philosophy and Science in a Medical Milieu -- 8. Canon 1.1 and Renaissance Physiology -- Conclusion -- Appendices. Latin Editions of the Canon Published after 1500 and Manuscripts and Editions of Latin Commentaries on the Canon Written after 1500 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
The Canon of Avicenna, one of the principal texts of Arabic origin to be assimilated into the medical learning of medieval Europe, retained importance in Renaissance and early modern European medicine. After surveying the medieval reception of the book, Nancy Siraisi focuses on the Canon in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Italy, and especially on its role in the university teaching of philosophy of medicine and physiological theory. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-395) and index |
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In English |
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Print version record |
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Avicenna, 980-1037. Qānūn fī al-ṭibb.
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| SUBJECT |
Avicenna, 980-1037. Qānūn fī al-ṭibb
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Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (Avicenna) fast |
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Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Italy -- History
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Medicine -- Italy -- History
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Renaissance -- Italy
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HISTORY -- General.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Atlases.
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MEDICAL -- Essays.
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MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
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MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
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Medicine
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Medicine -- Study and teaching
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Renaissance
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Italy
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400858651 |
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1400858658 |
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