Multiple choice

How did the famous Persian physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna) improve the practice of medicine?

  1. He suggest treating the mind as well as the body

  2. He compiled a huge encyclopedia of medical knowledge

  3. He set up a system of hospitals throughout the Muslim empire

  4. He developed a series of diagnostic tests for physicians
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Explanation

Ibn Sina (Avicenna) authored 'The Canon of Medicine,' a comprehensive medical encyclopedia that systematically organized Greek, Roman, and Islamic medical knowledge. This work served as the definitive medical textbook in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries.

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