Multiple choice

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

  1. He treated the mind as well as the body

  2. He compiled a huge encyclopedia of medical knowledge

  3. He established a system of hospitals

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

Ibn Sina is most famous for writing The Canon of Medicine, a massive encyclopedia that summarized and organized the medical knowledge of his time.

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