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The subject of this paper is the book of Ibn Sina, "al-Kanûn al-Sagîr" (The Abridged Canon) which was translated into modern Turkish and published in Turkey in 2013. Ibn Sina wrote more than 270 books; some were of about a few pages, others extending to several volumes dealing with philosophy, religion, medicine, natural sciences, and other scientific issues. All books that were written by Ibn Sina are in Arabic; some of them are in Persian. Arabic was the scientific language at that time and writing in Arabic was a tradition. Ibn Sina’s major philosophical treatise, "Kitab al-shifa" (The Book of Healing), was a comprehensive account of learning that ranges from logic and mathematics to metaphysics. His best known medical book was The Canon of Medicine (al-Kanûn fi’t-Tıbb) in 5 volumes. He wrote an abridged book, "al-Kanûn al-Sagîr", about medicine and diseases, a summary of his Canon of Medicine. A copy of this work is kept at the Bayezid State Library, Istanbul, section of manuscripts, and recorded in the Veliyuddin Efendi Collection nr. 2529. This work has been translated into modern Turkish by a committee headed by the author of this presentation and published in 2013. Ibn Sina systematized in this work the medical knowledge as he did in his Canon of Medicine. At the beginning of every section (makale) he gave short information and divided the section into subsections (bâbs). "Al-Kanûn al-Sagir" consists of ten sections. The topics included the creation of the human being, the shaping of the body, and the parts of the medical science. The pulse is described in details. The basic knowledge related to the organs, the urine, the power of the foods and drinks, keeping healthy, the training of children, the management of the pregnant and breastfeeding and to the basic diseases are given.

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