Canon Medicinae
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Canon Medicinae is the Latin title of Avicenna’s influential medieval medical encyclopedia, widely used as a standard medical text in Europe and the Islamic world for centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canon Medicinae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13131613 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canon Medicinae Context triple: [The Canon of Medicine, LatinTitle, Canon Medicinae]
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A.
Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae
Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae is a comprehensive 18th-century medical bibliography and reference work compiled by Swiss physician and polymath Albrecht von Haller, cataloging and evaluating contemporary medical literature.
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B.
Schola Medica Salernitana
Schola Medica Salernitana was a renowned medieval medical school in southern Italy, often considered the first and most important medical institution in Western Europe during the Middle Ages.
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C.
Book of Questions on Medicine
The Book of Questions on Medicine is a foundational 9th-century medical treatise by Hunayn ibn Ishaq, structured as a didactic series of questions and answers that systematizes Greco-Arabic medical knowledge.
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D.
Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis
Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis is a seminal 18th-century medical textbook by Herman Boerhaave that systematically presents diagnostic and therapeutic principles in aphoristic form.
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E.
Medicosma
Medicosma is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, comprising shrubs and small trees native mainly to Australasia and nearby regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canon Medicinae Target entity description: Canon Medicinae is the Latin title of Avicenna’s influential medieval medical encyclopedia, widely used as a standard medical text in Europe and the Islamic world for centuries.
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A.
Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae
Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae is a comprehensive 18th-century medical bibliography and reference work compiled by Swiss physician and polymath Albrecht von Haller, cataloging and evaluating contemporary medical literature.
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B.
Schola Medica Salernitana
Schola Medica Salernitana was a renowned medieval medical school in southern Italy, often considered the first and most important medical institution in Western Europe during the Middle Ages.
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C.
Book of Questions on Medicine
The Book of Questions on Medicine is a foundational 9th-century medical treatise by Hunayn ibn Ishaq, structured as a didactic series of questions and answers that systematizes Greco-Arabic medical knowledge.
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D.
Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis
Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis is a seminal 18th-century medical textbook by Herman Boerhaave that systematically presents diagnostic and therapeutic principles in aphoristic form.
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E.
Medicosma
Medicosma is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, comprising shrubs and small trees native mainly to Australasia and nearby regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical encyclopedia
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medical text ⓘ medieval work ⓘ |
| author |
Avicenna
ⓘ
Ibn Sina ⓘ
linked to:
Avicenna
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| basedOn |
Galenic medicine
ⓘ
Hippocratic tradition ⓘ
linked to:
Hippocratic medical tradition
|
| bookCount | 5 ⓘ |
| contains |
clinical observations
ⓘ
diagnostic methods ⓘ humoral theory ⓘ pharmacological descriptions ⓘ therapeutic regimens ⓘ |
| covers |
compound remedies
ⓘ
diseases of specific organs ⓘ general medical principles ⓘ simple drugs ⓘ systemic diseases ⓘ |
| dateWritten | early 11th century ⓘ |
| field |
anatomy
ⓘ
medical theory ⓘ medicine ⓘ pathology ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ physiology ⓘ therapeutics ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Avicenna's Canon
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linked to:
The Canon of Medicine
Canon of Medicine ⓘ
linked to:
The Canon of Medicine
|
| hasArabicTitle |
Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb
ⓘ
linked to:
The Canon of Medicine
|
| influenced |
European medicine
ⓘ
Islamic medicine ⓘ Renaissance medicine ⓘ medical education in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| LatinTitleOf | The Canon of Medicine ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long-lasting authority in medical curricula
ⓘ
systematic organization of medical knowledge ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| structure | five books ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
Hebrew
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ various European languages ⓘ |
| usedAs | standard medical text ⓘ |
| usedIn |
European universities
ⓘ
Islamic medical schools ⓘ medieval universities ⓘ |
| wasStandardTextUntil | 17th century in Europe ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Canon Medicinae Description of subject: Canon Medicinae is the Latin title of Avicenna’s influential medieval medical encyclopedia, widely used as a standard medical text in Europe and the Islamic world for centuries.
Referenced by (1)
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