Avicenna in Renaissance Italy: The Canon and Medical Teaching in Italian Universities after 1500

Nancy G. Siraisi

ISBN 10: 0691051372 / ISBN 13: 9780691051376

Published by Princeton University Press, 1987

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First Edition, First Printing. Published by Princeton University Press, 1987. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Avicenna in Renaissance Italy: The Canon and Medical Teaching in Italian Universities after 1500
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691051372
• ISBN 13: 9780691051376
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

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.

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