- Avicenna (980-1037 CE) was a Persian Astronomer, Physician and Writer.
- He is considered to be the Father of Modern Medicine and one of the greatest Thinkers of the Islamic Golden Age.
Biography
- Known by his Latin name Avicenna, his real name was Ibn Sina.
- He was born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan and died in Hamadan, Iran.
- He became physician in 997 CE to the Emir Nuh II, but after the Dynasty ended in 1004 CE, spent the next part of his life wandering from one to another.
- His spent his last decade as Physician and Adviser to Ala al-Dawla, the Ruler of the Kakuyid Dynasty.
- He is believed to have written 450 works of which 40 were on Medicine.
- Avicenna also experimented with various distillation processes to produce Perfume that was not oil based.
Quotes
- ‘The knowledge of any one thing, since every thing must have a cause, is not complete, until its cause has been understood.’
Works
- The Canon of Medicine (c. 1022 CE)
- A medical encyclopedia in 5 volumes which was in use until the 18th century CE.
- The Book of Healing (c. 1027 CE)
- A philosophical, not a Medical work in 4 volumes: Legic, mathematics, metaphysics and natural sciences.
Hamadan, Iran