Ibn Sina / Avicenna - Saab Medical Library

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[Introduction]

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Book I : General matters relative to the science of medicine, 4 parts
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	Part 1 - Definition and subjects of physiology.		1
	Part 2 - Diseases, their causes and general symptoms.		36
	Part 3 - Preservation of health and regiminal causes and symptoms.		74
	Part 4 - Description of the treatment of general discuses.		94
PART 1. COMPRISES SIX THESE
	Thesis one, Definition of Medicine		1
	Thesis two, The elements		2
	Thesis three, Temperaments		2
	Thesis four, Fluids of the body		5
	Thesis five, Members of the body (tissues and organs)		8
	Thesis six, Faculties of the body		33
Thesis one – 2 chapters
	1. Definition of the "Medicine"; First chapter of the first thesis, of first part of first book, of the Canon of Medicine.		1
	2. Subject-Matter of Medicine		1
Thesis two- one chapter
	1. The elements		2
Thesis three- Three chapters
	1. Temperaments		2
	2. Temperaments of the body organs		4
	3. Temperaments related to age		4
Thesis four- Two chapters
	1. Humours, their nature and classification		5
	2. Generation of humours		8
Thesis five- 1 chapter, 5 subsections
	The Chapter - The nature of the organ and its components		8
	Subsection 1, Bones, thirty chapters		11
	Chapter 1. General discourse on the bones and joints		11
	Chapter 2. Anatomy of the cranium		11
	Chapter 3. Anatomy of what is below the cranium		12
	Chapter 4. Anatomy of the Jaws and nose bones		12
	Chapter 5. Anatomy of the teeth		13
	Chapter 6. Physiology of the vertebral column		13
	Chapter 7. Anatomy of the vertebras		13
	Chapter 8. Physiology of the neck, and anatomy of its bones		13
	Chapter 9. Anatomy of the thoracic vertebra		14
	Chapter 10. Anatomy of the lumbar vertebras		15
	Chapter 11. Anatomy of the sacrum		15
	Chapter 12. Anatomy of the coccyx		15
	Chapter 13. Conclusion discourse upon the physiology of the spinal column		15
	Chapter 14. Anatomy of the ribs		15
	Chapter 15. Anatomy of the sternum		15
	Chapter 16. Anatomy of the clavicle		15
	Chapter 17. Anatomy of the shoulder		16
	Chapter 18. Anatomy of the brachium (arm)		16
	Chapter 19. Anatomy of the forearm (antibrachium)		16
	Chapter 20. Anatomy of the elbow joint		16
	Chapter 21. Anatomy of the wrist		17
	Chapter 22. Anatomy of the metacarpus		17
	Chapter 23. Anatomy of the fingers		17
	Chapter 24. Physiology of the nail		17
	Chapter 25. Anatomy of the pubic bones		17
	Chapter 26. General physiology of the leg		18
	Chapter 27. Anatomy of the femur		18
	Chapter 28. Anatomy of the leg bone		18
	Chapter 29. Anatomy of the knee joint		18
	Chapter 30. Anatomy of the foot		18
	Subsection two, Muscle, thirty chapters
	Chapter 1. General discourse on the nerve, the muscle, the tendon and the ligament		19
	Chapter 2. Anatomy of the pectoral muscle		19
	Chapter 3. Anatomy of the forehead muscle		19
	Chapter 4. Anatomy of the eyeball muscle		19
	Chapter 5. Anatomy of the eyelid muscle		19
	Chapter 6. Anatomy of the cheek muscle		19
	Chapter 7. Anatomy of the lip muscle		20
	Chapter 8. Anatomy of the nose muscle		20
	Chapter 9. Anatomy of the mandible muscle		20
	Chapter 10. Anatomy of the head muscle		20
	Chapter 11. Anatomy of the Larynx muscle		21
	Chapter 12. Anatomy of the pharynx muscle		21
	Chapter 13. Anatomy of the hyoid-bone muscle		21
	Chapter 14. Anatomy of the tongue muscle		22
	Chapter 15. Anatomy of the nape and neck muscle		22
	Chapter 16. Anatomy of the chest muscle		22
	Chapter 17. Anatomy of the arm movement muscle		22
	Chapter 18. Anatomy of the muscle moving the forearm		23
	Chapter 19. Anatomy of the muscle moving the wrist		23
	Chapter 20. Anatomy of the muscle moving the fingers		23
	Chapter 21. Anatomy of the muscle moving the spinal coloumn		24
	Chapter 22. Anatomy of the abdominal muscle		24
	Chapter 23. Anatomy of the testicular muscle		24
	Chapter 24. Anatomy of the bladder muscle		24
	Chapter 25. Anatomy of the penis muscle		24
	Chapter 26. Anatomy of the gluteus muscle		24
	Chapter 27. Anatomy of the muscle moving the thigh		25
	Chapter 28. Anatomy of the muscle moving the leg and knee		25
	Chapter 29. Anatomy of the foot joint muscle		25
	Chapter 30. Anatomy of the muscle moving the toes		26
	Subsection 3, Nerve, 6 chapters		26
	Chapter 1. Special discourse on the nerve		26
	Chapter 2. Anatomy of the brain nerve and its course		26
	Chapter 3. Anatomy of the cervical spine and its course		28
	Chapter 4. Anatomy of the chest bones nerve		28
	Chapter 5. Anatomy of the lumbar nerve		28
	Chapter 6. Anatomy of the sacral and coccygeal nerve		29
	Subsection 4, Arteries (arterias), 5 chapters		29
	Chapter 1. Description of the artery		29
	Chapter 2. Anatomy of the venous artery		29
	Chapter 3. Anatomy of the ascending artery		29
	Chapter 4. Anatomy of the two carotid arteries		29
	Chapter 5. Anatomy of the descending artery		30
	Subsection 5, Veins, 5chapters		30
	Chapter 1. Description of the veins		30
	Chapter 2. Anatomy of the vein named portal		30
	Chapter 3. Anatomy of the superior vena cava and its branches		31
	Chapter 4. Anatomy of the hand veins		32
	Chapter 5. Anatomy of the descending cava		32
	Thesis Six, 1 subsection, 1 chapter		33
	Subsection - The faculties of the body,6 chapters		33
	Chapter 1. General discourse of the categories of faculties		33
	Chapter 2. Natural dominant faculties		33
	Chapter 3. Natural subservient faculties		33
	Chapter 4. The Vital faculties		34
	Chapter 5. The comprehending faculties		35
	Chapter 6. The physiology powers of locomotion		36
	Last chapter. The functions		36
PART 2, COMPRISES 3 THESES
	Thesis 1- Diseases		36
	Thesis 2- Causes of diseases (etiology)		39
	Thesis 3- Symptoms		54
Thesis 1, 8 chapters
	Chapter 1. Teaching the cause, the disease, the symptom		36
	Chapter 2. Division of the states of the body and the types of disease		36
	Chapter 3. Disorders of Configuration		37
	Chapter 4. Diseases solution of continuity		37
	Chapter 5. Compound diseases		38
	Chapter 6. Other diseases		38
	Chapter 7. The times (stages) of diseases		38
	Chapter 8. Exact discourse on diseases		39
Thesis 2, 2 subsections			39
	Subsection 1, General causes and effects		39
	Subsection 2, Specific cause for each symptom		52
	Subsection 1, Nineteen chapters		39
	Chapter 1. Causes in general		39
	Chapter 2. Climate and its influence on the body		40
	Chapter 3. Characters of the seasons		40
	Chapter 4. Seasonal functions and their effect		41
	Chapter 5. Good Climate		41
	Chapter 6. Influence of the weather and the seasons		42
	Chapter 7. Laws of annual sequences		43
	Chapter 8. Effect of the atmospheric charges which are not much contrary to the normal		43
	Chapter 9. Effect of the bad atmospheric changes, which are contrary tonormal		44
	Chapter 10. The influence of winds		45
	Chapter 11. The influences of dwellings (or habitations)		45
	Chapter 12. Influence of exercise and rest		46
	Chapter 13. The necessity of sleep and wakefulness		46
	Chapter 14. Influence of psychological factors		47
	Chapter 15. The effects of food diet and drink		47
	Chapter 16. Water characteristics		48
	Chapter 17. Retention and evacuation		50
	Chapter 18. Neither necessary nor nocive causes		50
	Chapter 19. Influence of bathing and exposure to the sun		51
	Chapter 20. Exposure to the hot sun		51
	Subsection 2, 29 chapters		52
	Chapter 1. Calefacients		52
	Chapter 2. Refrigerants		52
	Chapter 3. Humectants		52
	Chapter 4. Desiccants		52
	Chapter 5. Agents causing deformity		52
	Chapter 6. Causes of narrowing of the channels		52
	Chapter 7. Causes of dialation of the channels		53
	Chapter 8. Causes of coarsness		53
	Chapter 9. Causes of softness		53
	Chapter 10. Causes of dislocation and displacements		53
	Chapter 11. Causes which prevent parts from becoming opposed		53
	Chapter 12. Causes which prevent parts from expanding		53
	Chapter 13. Causes of abnormal movements		53
	Chapter 14. Causes of increase in size of bone and glands		53
	Chapter 15. Causes of decrement		53
	Chapter 16. Causes of loss of continuity		53
	Chapter 17. Causes of ulceration		53
	Chapter 18. Causes of swellings		54
	Chapter 19. Absolute causes of pain		54
	Chapter 20. Types of pain		54
	Chapter 21. Causes of abatement of pain		55
	Chapter 22. The effect of pain		55
	Chapter 23. Causes of pleasure		55
	Chaptert 24. How movement brings on pain		55
	Chapter 25. How depraved humours evoke pain		55
	Chapter 26. How gas produces pain		55
	Chapter 27. Causes of retention and evacuation		55
	Chapter 28. Causes of distention and repletion		55
	Chapter 29. Causes of the weakness of the organs		56
Thesis 3, 11 chapters, 2 subsections			56
	Chapter 1. General discourse about symptoms and signs		56
	Chapter 2. Distinction between the disease in itself and its secondary effects		57
	Chapter 3. Signs of the temperaments		58
	Chapter 4. The result of average temperament		60
	Chapter 5. Signs of congenital disorders		60
	Chapter 6. Signs indicative of plethora		60
	Chapter 7. Evidences that show which of the humours is dominant		60
	Chapter 8. Signs of obstruction		61
	Chapter 9. Signs of gaseous distention		61
	Chapter 10. Signs of swellings		61
	Chapter 11. Signs of loss of continuity		61
	Subsection 1, The pulse, 19 chapters		62
	Chapter 1. The pulse in general		62
	Chapter 2. Special discourse on regular and irregular pulse		63
	Chapter 3. Types of compound pulse which have distinctive names		63
	Chapter 4. Types of normal pulse		64
	Chapter 5. Causes of the types of pulse mentioned		64
	Chapter 6. Effects of the retentive causes		64
	Chapter 7. Effect of sex and age on the pulse		65
	Chapter 8. Pulse in the various temperaments		65
	Chapter 9. Effect of the seasons on the pulse		65
	Chapter 10. Effect of locality on the pulse		66
	Chapter 11. Effects of ingestion on the pulse		66
	Chapter 12. Effect of sleep and wakefulness on the pulse		66
	Chapter 13. Effect of physical exercise on the pulse		67
	Chapter 14. Effect of bathing on the pulse		67
	Chapter 15. The pulse special to women i.e. the pulse in pregnancy		67
	Chapter 16. The pulse in pain		67
	Chapter 17. The pulse in swellings		67
	Chapter 18. Effect of various emotional states on the pulse		68
	Chapter 19. Summary of abnormal factors of the pulse		68
	Subsection 2, Urine and stool, 13 chapters		68
	Chapter 1. General indications on the urine		68
	Chapter 2. Significance of the color of the urine		68
	Chapter 3. consistency of urine, its clarity and turbidity		70
	Chapter 4. Indications from the odor of the urine		71
	Chapter 5. Indications from the foam		71
	Chapter 6. Indications from the diverse kinds of sediment		71
	Chapter 7. Indications from the quantity of urine		73
	Chapter 8. Normal good urine		73
	Chapter 9. Variations of urine according to age		73
	Chapter 10. Variations according to sex		73
	Chapter 11. Animal urine and its difference from human urine		73
	Chapter 12. Fluids resembling urine and how to distinguish them from urine		74
	Chapter 13. Indications of stools		74
PART 3, 1 CHAPTER, 5 THESES,
	Chapter on Cause of health and disease and the inevitability of death		74
	Thesis 1, on education		75
	Thesis 2, Regimen proper for adults		79
	Thesis 3, Regimen for the aged		89
	Thesis 4, Regimen for cases when the temperament is not normal		90
	Thesis 5, Changes of seasons		91
Thesis 1, 4 chapters			75
	Chapter 1. Regimen of infant from birth to weaning		75
	Chapter 2. Regimen during lactation and weaning		76
	Chapter 3. Diseases in infancy and their treatments		77
	Chapter 4. Regimen from infancy to adolescence		79
Thesis 2, 17 chapters		79
	Chapter 1. Collective discourse upon (Atheletic) exercise		79
	Chapter 2. Various forms of exercise		80
	Chapter 3. Best time for commencing and stopping exercises		80
	Chapter 4. Massage		81
	Chapter 5. Bathing and baths		81
	Chapter 6. Ablution with cold water		82
	Chapter 7. Regimen regarding food		82
	Chapter 8. Rules concerning the use of water and wines		84
	- A drink which reduces drunkness		85
	Chapter 9. On sleep and wakefulness		86
	Chapter 10. On certain matters left over to a later place		86
	Chapter 11. How to strengthen weak organs, fatten and increase their size		86
	Chapter 12. On lassitude following exercise		86
	Chapter 13. On stretching and yawning		87
	Chapter 14. On treatment of lassitude from ulcer		87
	Chapter 15. Other states which may follow exercise		88
	Chapter 16. Treatment of spontaneous lassitude		88
	Chapter 17. Collective disourse on the regimen in the cases where the temperament of the the body is defective		89
Thesis 3, 6 chapters			89
	Chapter 1. The regimen of old age		89
	Chapter 2. Food for old persons		89
	Chapter 3. Wine for elderly persons		90
	Chapter 4. Removal of obstructions in old persons		90
	Chapter 5. Massage for elderly persons		90
	Chapter 6. Exercise in old age		90
Thesis 4, 5 chapters			90
	Chapter 1. The recitification of hot temperament		90
	Chapter 2. The recification of a cold temperament		91
	Chapter 3. Regimen for persons prone to illness		91
	Chapter 4. To help lean persons put on flesh		91
	Chapter 5. How to reduce obesity		91
Thesis 5, 1 chapter, 1 subsection			91
	Chapter on regimen according to seasons		91
	Subsection, on regimen suitable for travelers, 8 chapters		92
	Chapter 1. Avoidance of Symptoms premonitory of disease		92
	Chapter 2. General remarks on the regimen suitable for travelers		92
	Chapter 3. Protection from heat,especially when traveling; regimen suitable for those traveling to hot climates		93
	Chapter 4. Regimen for travelers in cold climates		93
	Chapter 5. Protecting the extremeties from the injurious effects of cold		93
	Chapter 6. How to preserve the complexion while traveling		94
	Chapter 7. How to avoid the injurious effects of the various waters by the traveler		94
	Chapter 8. Rules for persons traveling by sea		94
PART 4, THERAPEUTICS, 32 CHAPTERS
	Chapter 1. General discourse on therapy		94
	Chapter 2. Treatment of disorders of temperament		96
	Chapter 3. How to determine the manner and moment for"evacuation"		97
	Chapter 4. General rules in procuring emesis or purgation, and laxatives and emetics		98
	Chapter 5. Discourse about purgation and its rules		99
	Chapter 6. On excessive purgation, and proper time for using astringents		100
	Chapter 7. How to restore a person suffering from excessive purgation to normal state		100
	Chapter 8. The procedure when a purge fails to act		100
	Chapter 9. States of purgative medicines		101
	Chapter 10. Topics belonging to the subject which are to be found dealt with elsewhere		101
	Chapter 11. On emesis		101
	Chapter 12. Treatment after vomit arrest		102
	Chapter 13. Benefits of emesis		102
	Chapter 14. Evils which follow excessive emesis		102
	Chapter 15. How to remedy the states incident on emesis		102
	Chapter 16. Concerning excessive vomiting		102
	Chapter 17. Topics to be found in a different place		103
	Chapter 18. On enemas		103
	Chapter 19. On liniments		103
	Chapter 20. Douching or spraying		103
	Chapter 21. On venesection		103
	Chapter 22. On cupping		107
	Chapter 23. On leeches		107
	Chapter 24. Stopping emesis		108
	Chapter 25. Treatments of obstruction		108
	Chapter 26. Treatment of swellings		108
	Chapter 27. General remarks on incisions		109
	Chapter 28. Gangrene and excision		109
	Chapter 29. General remarks on treatment of loss of continuity and types of ulcers		109
	Chapter 30. Cauterisation		110
	Chapter 31. Relief of pain		111
	Chapter 32. Priority of choice of methods of treatment		111

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