Medicine is the science by which we learn the various states of the human body in health and when not in health, and the means by which health is likely to be lost and when lost is likely to be restored.
Medicine is the science by which we learn the various states of the human body in health and when not in health.
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Avicenna
Persian polymath born in 980 near Bukhara whose Canon of Medicine served as the standard medical textbook in Europe and the Islamic world for centuries. He also made major contributions to philosophy and science.
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Source: The Canon of Medicine, Book IVerified