The book “The Canon of Medicine” by the physician and philosopher Avicenna has been translated into Turkmen and published in Turkmenistan.
Turkmen
President Saparmurt Niyazov in his visit to the Ashkhabad Art Academy gifted
the translated 6-volume books to the library of the academy.
The
Turkmen daily “Bitaraf” in its Wednesday issue reported the Turkmen translation
of the book was being distributed in Turkmenistan bookshops. “The Canon of
Medicine” is the only book of medicine in Muslim countries, which has also been
taught in European countries.
“The Canon of Medicine” was long preeminent in the Middle East
and in Europe as a textbook. It is significant as a systematic classification
and summary of medical and pharmaceutical knowledge up to and including
Avicenna's time. The first Latin translation of the work was made in the 12th
century, the Hebrew version appeared in 1491, and the Arabic text in 1593.
Avicenna
(Abu Ali al-Hussein ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina) (980-1037), Muslim Iranian
philosopher and physician, was born near Bukhara (now in Uzbekistan). At the
age of 18, he was rewarded for his medical abilities with the post of court
physician to the Samanid ruler of Bukhara.
In
999 C.E, he traveled and lectured on astronomy and logic in Jurjan, near the
Caspian Sea. He spent the last 14 years of his life as a scientific adviser and
physician to the ruler of Isfahan. His mausoleum is in Hamedan, west of Iran.
Source:
MEHR News Agency