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Part 2 of Multi-Part Work
كتاب القانون [في] علم الطب.
Kitāb al-qānūn [fī] ʻilm al-ṭibb.
An immense encyclopedia of medicine, a codification of the whole of ancient and Muslim knowledge. These two volumes cover the first division of the third book dealing with the diseases of the head and throat. (Corresponds to part I, pp. 281-385 of the Roman edition.), and the first section of the fourth part dealing with the various kinds of fevers, skin and joint diseases and wounds. (Corresponds to part II, pp. 1-119 of the Roman edition.).
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