Ibn Sina

Ibn Sina

“Ibn Sina is without doubt the most important and widely known intellectual figure concerned with science in Islamic civilization. According to Afnan,S.M. (06.10.1980) In fact he gained the image of a folk hero, where a lot of stories concerning  his exceptional intellectual power came into being in form of folktales told by grandmothers to their grandchildren over centuries”. Avicenna was one of the most important scientists and philosophers in the 10th and 11th centuries. He was Persian origin and was born in 980 C.E. in the village of Afshana near Bukhara which today is located in the far south of Russia.” In Persia he lived a turbulent life of wandering, imprisonment and escape. The time of Ibn Sina was the golden age for philosophy and spiritual life in the Islamic world; moreover it was the time of political agitation and instability.” Avicenna had really good memory at the age 7 he knew holly Koran by heart. At the age twelve he was better than any of his teachers, and continued his training on his own. By age 17, Avicenna had knowledge of his time in philosophy, medicine, mathematics, law and religion, and he spent the remainder of his life deepening this knowledge. “When he reached his 18 he had build up a reputation as a physician and was summoned to attend the Samani ruler Nub Ibn Mansur, who graduated for Sina's services, allowing him to make free use of the royal library, which contained many rare and even unique books. When he turned 21 he was position to compose his first book Al Qifti work on philosophy, medicine, theology, geometry, astronomy and like.” When his father died he was about 23 had to support himself. He earned a living by practising medicine and politics, excelling in both of these arts.

According to Corbin, H.(09.99)”Avicenna revolutionized medicine by new approaches to anatomy and physiology like the new theory of blood circulation, and the discovery of the importance of the nervous system.” Furthermore, this medical heritage is alive wherever Islamic medicine is still practised, such as in Pakistan and India, and this influence as a philosopher and even theologian traditional services, as in Persia. Countries like Morocco and Malaysia wanted to show respect to Ibn Sina so they build number of hospitals, schools, and centre of research bearing his name.” Avicenna also set the basic standard still used today in testing new medicine: 1) the drug must be free from any extraneous accidental quality. 2) It must be used on a sample, not a composite disease.3) It must be tested with 2 contrary types of disease because sometimes a drug cures one disease by it is essential qualities and another by it is accidental qualities.4) The quality of the drug must correspond to the strength of the disease. For example, a drug whose warmth is less in degree than the coldness of a certain disease would have no effect on it.5) the period that it takes to act must be consistent in all or most cases. 6) Experiments must be conducted on humans.”