Ibn Sina / Avicenna - Saab Medical Library

Book III- Special "Pathology" Diseases Inflicting the Human organs from Head to Foot, their External and Internal Manifestations, 22 parts (Medical and Surgical)
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	Part 1- Of Book III of the Cannon is on head diseases	281
	Part 2- On nerve diseases	324
	Part 3- Anatomy of the eye, its states and diseases	333
	Part 4- On the states of the ear	354
	Part 5- On the states of the nose	360
	Part 6- On the states of the mouth and tongue	367
	Part 7- On the states of the teeth	372
	Part 8- On the states of the gum and lips	377
	Part 9- On the states of the throat	379
	Part 10- On the states of the lung and the chest	385
	Part 11- On the states of the heart	411
	Part 12- On the states of the breast	420
	Part 13- On the states of the esophagus and stomach and their diseases	422
	Part 14- On the states of the liver	455
	Part 15- On the states of the gall-bladder and spleen	479
	Part 16- On the states of the intestines and buttocks	489
	Part 17- On the disorders of the gluteus muscle (buttocks)	521
	Part 18- On the states of the kidney	527
	Part 19- On the states of the bladder and urine	538
	Part 20- On the states of male reproduction organs	553
	Part 21- On the states of female reproduction organs and reproduction	567
	Part 22- On visible and limbs diseases	594
Part 1 of Book III of the Canon is on head diseases, 5 Treatises
Treatise 1 – general discourse on states of the head and brain diseases
	Chapter on knowing the head and its parts	281
	Chapter on brain anatomy	281
	Chapter on diseases affecting the head	282
	Chapter on signs indicating states of the brain	283
	Chapter on how to deduce and classify states of the brain from these signs	283
	Chapter on general deduction from brain actions	283
	Chapter on deductions from psychological sensory actions, and conduct, andmovement, and dreams and general conduct	283
	Chapter on deductions from movement actions and their similitude to sleep and wakefulness	284
	Chapter on signs obtained from natural actions of what results and what grows of hair and what appears of inflammatory swellings and ulcerations	285
	Chapter on signs obtained from conformity and inconsistency and speed of emotions and their slowness	285
	Chapter on deduction from size of the head	286
	Chapter on deduction from the shape of the head	286
	Chapter on deduction by what the brain feels of head heaviness, lightness, fever, coldness and aches	286
	Chapter on deductions from the states of brain-related organs like the eye,the tongue, the face, the uvula, the tonsils, the neck and the nerves	286
	Chapter on deduction from organs participating with the brain and are close to it	287
	Chapter on deduction from a brain-participating organ which causes pain to it	287
	Chapter on signs of temperament of the temperate brain	287
	Chapter on signs of bad temperaments due to congenital disorders	288
	On signs of cold temperament	288
	On signs of moist temperament	288
	On signs of hot moist temperament	288
	On signs of cold moist temperament	288
	Chapter on signs of head diseases one by one	288
	On signs of bad hot temperament without substance	288
	On signs of bad cold temperament without substance	288
	On signs of bad dry temperament without substance	288
	On signs of dominance of biliary materials (humors)	288
	On signs of sanguineous materials (humors)	288
	On signs of cold phlegmatic materials (humors)	288
	On signs of black bile (melancholia) materials (humors)	288
	On signs of phlematic swellings	289
	On signs of black bile (melancholia) swellings	289
	Chapter on principles of treatment	289
	emotions and their slowness	285
	Chapter on deduction from size of the head	286
	Chapter on deduction from the shape of the head	286
	Chapter on deduction by what the brain feels of head heaviness, lightness, fever, coldness and aches	286
	Chapter on deductions from the states of brain-related organs like the eye, the tongue, the face the uvula, the tonsils, the neck and the nerves	286
	Chapter on deduction from organs participating with the brain and are close to it	287
	Chapter on deduction from a brain-participating organ which causes pain to it	287
	Chapter on signs of temperament of the temperament brain	288
	Chapter on signs of bad temperaments due to congenital disorders	288
	- On signs of cold temperament	288
	- On signs of moist temperament	288
	- On signs of hot moist temperament	288
	- On signs of cold moist temperament	288
	Chapter on signs of head diseases one by one	288
	On signs of bad hot temperament without substance	288
	On signs of bad cold temperament without substance	288
	On signs of bad dry temperaments without substance	288
	On signs of bad humid temperaments without substance	288
	On signs of composite temperaments without substance	288
	On dominance of biliary materials (humors)	288
	On sanguineous materials (humors)	288
	On signs of cold phlegmatic materials (humors)	288
	On signs of black bile (melancholia) materials (humors)	288
	On sign of hot swellings	288
	On signs of phlematic swellings	289
	On signs of black bile (melancholia) swellings	289
	Chapter on principles of treatment	289
Treatise 2, On headaches which are of different types
	Chapter on a general discourse on headaches	292
	Chapter on classification of headaches due to bad temperament	292
	Chapter on classification of headaches due to loss of continuity	293
	Chapter on classification of headaches due to swellings	293
	Chapter on mode of headache -symptoms due to food stuffs	293
	Chapter on headaches due to contribution (sharing)	293
	Chapter on a general discourse of symptoms which indicate types of headaches andtheir subdivisions	294
	Chapter on prognostic signs of headaches in diseases	295
	Chapter on general management of headaches	295
	Chapter on treatment of a hot headache with no substance like sunburn and others, and with biliary or sanguineous material (humors)	295
	Chapter on the treatment of a cold headache with no substance or with phlegmatic or black bile (melancholic) materials (humors)	296
	- Liniments prescription	296
	- Snuff prescription	297
	- Ointments (unguent) prescription	297
	- Puffing prescription	297
	- On treatment of dry headache	297
	- On treatment of headaches due to swellings	297
	On treatment of headaches due to nose obstruction	297
	- On treatment of headaches caused by gases and vapors congested in the head due to external causes	297
	Chapter on treatment of headaches caused by external wind which penetrated into the head	298
	- on treatment of headache caused by external bad vapors which inflicted the head	298
	- On treatment of headache caused by perfume odors	298
	Chapter on treatment of headache caused by bad odors	298
	Chapter on treatment of headache caused by hangover due to alcoholic drinks	298
	Chapter on treatment of headache caused by intercourse	299
	Chapter on treatment of headache due to a blow or a fall, and managing those with a brain convulsion and fracture	299
	Chapter on treatment of headache due to head feebleness	299
	Chapter on treatment of headache due to vigor in the head sense	299
	Chapter on treatment of the headache due to fevers and severe illnesses	299
	Chapter on treatment of seasickness	300
	Chapter on treatment of headache said to be due to helminthiasis	300
	Chapter on treatment of headache which develops after sleep and sleepness	300
	Chapter on management of types of headaches due to contribution (sharing of organs )	300
	Chapter on treatment of heaviness in the head	301
	Chapter on headache known as chronic headache[helmet]	301
	- on treatment	301
	Chapter on hemicranium (migrane)	301
	- on treatment	302
Treatise 3 – On (head) Swellings and its loss of continuity
	Chapter on encephalitis (phrenitis) (hot cerebral disease)	302
	Chapter on its common diagnostic signs	303
	Chapter stating signs of the real types of encephalitis	303
	Chapter on treatment of its types	304
	Chapter on phlegmonous attacking the brain substance	305
	Chapter on erysipelas in the brain and impetigo	305
	Chapter on severe hot cerebral disease (encephalitis)	305
	Chapter on lethargus, i.e. cold encephalitis, its translation is oblivion	305
	- sign	305
	- treatment	306
	Chapter on aqueous humor in the cranium	306
	Chapter on swellings outside the cranium and aqueous humor outside the cranium and puerile apomyttosis	306
	Chapter on lethargic sleeplessness	307
	- on treatment	307
	Chapter on fracture and head skin cut and the like	307
Treatise 4– On head diseases, their most adverse effects on the senses and conduct
	Chapter on lethargy and sleep	307
	-signs	308
	- on treatment of lethargy ad heavy sleep due to fevers	309
	Chapter on wakefulness and on staying awake at night (agrypnia)	309
	-signs	309
	-treatments	309
	Chapter on defects of the mind	310
	Chapter on mental disorder and delirium	310
	- signs	310
	- treatments	310
	Chapter on levity (recklessness) and stupidity	311
	Chapter on deterioration of the memory (remembrance)	311
	-signs	311
	- treatments	311
	Chapter on deterioration of the imagination	312
	Chapter on mania (delirium furibundum) (furious mania), and (dog disease- a kind of mania)	312
	- signs	312
	- treatments	312
	Chapter on psychosis(paranoia), melancholia	313
	-signs	313
	- treatments	314
	Chapter on [kotrob] (a kind of melancholy making men fancy themselves wolves and run howling in the woods) (Type of psychosis, person seeking seclusion)	315
	- treatments	316
	Chapter on scrupulosity (obsession) (a melancholic disease)	316
	- treatments	316
Treatise 5– Encephalic diseases causing severe defects in voluntary movement actions.
	Chapter on vertigo	316
	- on signs	317
	- on treatments	317
	Chapter on torsion	318
	Chapter on nightmare	318
	- on treatments	318
	Chapter on epilepsy	318
	- on those prone to epilepsy	320
	- on signs	320
	- on causes initiating epilepsy	321
	- on epileptic medications	321
	- on treatments	321
	Chapter on apoplexy	323
	- on signs	323
	- on treatments	323
Part 2, On nerve diseases, 1 Treatise
Treatise 1, on nerve diseases
	Chapter on hemiplegia and atony	325
	- on signs	325
	- on treatments	326
	Chapter on spasm	327
	- on signs	328
	- on treatments	328
	Chapter on tetanus	329
	- on signs	330
	- on treatments	330
	Chapter on facial paralysis	331
	- on signs	331
	- on treatments	331
	Chapter on tremor	332
	- on signs	332
	- on treatments	332
	Chapter on numbness	332
	- on signs	332
	Chapter on convulsion	333
	- on treatments	333
Part 3- Anatomy of the eye, its states and diseases, 4 treatises.
Treatise 1, general discourse on states of the eye and on conjunctivitis (ophthalmitis)
	Chapter on anatomy of the eye	333
	Chapter on knowing the states of the eye, its temperaments and general discourse on its diseases	334
	Chapter on signs about the states of the eye	334
	Chapter on general principles in treatments of the eye	335
	Chapter on guarding the hygiene of the eye and stating what harms it	335
	Chapter on conjunctivitis (ophthalmitis) and irritation (turbidity)	335
	- on signs	336
	- on treatments of irritation	336
	Chapter on a collective treatment of conjunctivitis types and other diseases afflicting the eye	336
	- on treatment of yellowish and sanguineous conjunctivitis and erysipelas	338
	- on treatments of cold conjunctivitis	338
	- on treatments of chemosis	338
	- on treatments of wind conjunctivitis	339
	Chapter on a concise discourse on used conjunctivitis medicines	339
Treatise2, on the rest of eye diseases, the majority are due to a defect in composition and continuity.
	Chapter on swellings (water sacs)	339
	- on treatments	339
	Chapter on helcoma and cornea meables	339
	on signs	339
	on treatments	340
	Chapter on cornea meables	340
	on treatments	340
	Chapter on pimples (pustules) in the eye	340
	Chapter on pus under the peritoneum	340
	on treatments	340
	Chapter onopthalmocarcinoma	340
	on signs	341
	on treatments	341
	Chapter on fistula and swellings of the canthus	341
	on treatments	341
	Chapter on increase and decrease in canthus flesh	341
	Chapter on albedo retinae (edema of the retina)	342
	on treatments	342
	Chapter on pannus (membranous vascularization of the cornea)	342
	on signs	342
	on treatment	342
	Chapter on pterygium (pannus)	342
	on signs	342
	on treatments	342
	Chapter on hyposphagme [Tarfa] (a blood drop in the eye)	343
	- on treatments	342
	Chapter on epiphora	343
	- on treatments	343
	Chapter on squint (strabismus)	343
	- on treatments	344
	Chapter on exophthalmos (exphthalmus)	344
	- on signs	344
	- on treatments	344
	Chapter on celophthalmia	344
	Chapter on glaucoma	344
	- on treatment	345
Treatise 3, on states of the eyelid and what follows.
	Chapter on lice – infested eyelids	345
	- on treatments	345
	Chapter on excoriation of eyelids, known in Greek as Inusima	345
	- on treatments	345
	Chapter on sclerophthalmia of the eyelids	345
	- on treatments	345
	Chapter on thickening of the eyelids	345
	Chapter on irritation of the eyelids	345
	Chapter on heaviness of the eyelids	346
	Chapter on sticking of the eyelids at the canthus and other	346
	Chapter on cataractous eye	346
	Chapter on inversion of the eyelid	346
	Chapter on chalaza	346
	- on treatments	346
	Chapter on hordeolum (stye)	346
	- on treatments	346
	Chapter on hydated (cyst or mole in the eyelid)	346
	- on treatments	346
	Chapter on wart	347
	Chapter on solid swelling in the eyelids	347
	Chapter on ulcers in the eyelid and its tearing	347
	Chapter on blisters and itching of the eyelids	347
	- on treatments	347
	Chapter on tumefaction	347
	- on signs	347
	- on treatments	347
	Chapter on excessive blinking (winking)	347
	Chapter on milphosis	347
	- on treatments	347
	Chapter on ingrown hordeolum and distichiasis	348
	Chapter on distichiasis, (Trichiasis)	348
	- on treatments	348
	Chapter on adherence of the edges of yelids	348
Treatise 4, on states of the eyesight and their actions
	Chapter on poor eyesight	348
	- on signs	349
	Chapter on matters harmful to the eyesight	350
	Chapter on nyctalopia (night blindness)	350
	- on treatments	350
	Chapter on day blindness	350
	Chapter on seeing colors spread in front of sight	350
	- on treatments of the above	351
	Chapter on mydriasis	351
	- on signs	352
	- on treatments	352
	Chapter on miosis (meosis)	352
	- on signs	352
	- on treatments	352
	Chapter on cataract	352
	-on signs	353
	- on treatments	353
	Chapter on blindness (ablepsia)(ablepsy)	353
	- on signs	353
	Chapter on antipathy of light	354
	Chapter on niphablepsia (snowblindness) (niphotyphlosis)	354
	- on treatments	354
Part 4, on states of the ear, 1 treatise
	Chapter on anatomy of the ear	354
	Chapter on maintaining ear hygiene	354
	Chapter on hearing lesions (defects)	354
	- on signs	355
	- on treatments	355
	Chapter on ear pain	356
	- on signs	356
	- on treatments	356
	Chapter on ear ringing and tinnitus aurium and hissing (whistling)	357
	- on signs	357
	- on treatments	357
	Chapter on pus and ulcers in the ear	358
	Chapter on blood bleeding from the ear	358
	- on treatments	358
	Chapter on dirt (ear-wax,clotted blood, insects, etc.. )and obstruction in the ear	358
	Chapter on ear obstruction	359
	- on treatments	359
	Chapter on disease which inflicts the ear and on a blow	359
	Chapter on ear itchching	359
	Chapter on water entering the ear	359
	- on treatments	359
	Chapter on living creatures infesting the ear and producing maggots in it	359
	- on treatments	359
	Chapter on swellings at the root of the ear	360
	Chapter on the ear evading great (or high) noises	360
Part 5, on states of the nose, 2 treatises
Treatise 1, on smell and its defects, and on rhinorrheas
	Chapter on anatomy of the nose	360
	Chapter on modes for using nose medications	360
	Chapter on the smelling defect	361
	- on signs	361
	- on treatments	361
	Chapter on bleeding of the nose (rhinorrhagia)	361
	- on treatments	361
	Chapter on coryza and catarrh	363
	- on signs	363
	- on treatments	363
Treatise 2, on the rest of states of the nose
	Chapter on cause of putridity in the nose	364
	- on treatments	364
	Chapter on ulcers in the nose	365
	- on treatments	365
	Chapter on treatments of ulcers known as [Helwa]	365
	Chapter on obstruction in the nasopharynx	365
	- on signs	365
	- on treatments	365
	-on treatment of nasonnement nasal twang)	365
	Chapter on nose bruises	365
	Chapter on hemorrhoids and cancerous hemorrhoids in the nose	366
	- on treatments	366
	Chapter on sneeze (sneezing)	366
	Chapter on antisneeze medicines	367
	- on sneeze – promoting medications	367
	Chapter on what might enter the nose	367
	Chapter on dryness (xerosis) of the nose	367
	Chapter on nose itching	367
Part 6, on states of the mouth and tongue (lingua), 1 treatise
	Chapter on anatomy of the mouth and tongue	367
	Chapter on tongue diseases	367
	- on treatments of the tongue	368
	Chapter on deterioration of taste	368
	- on treatment	368
	Chapter on tongue slackness and on speech disturbance	368
	- on treatments	368
	- on pills inserted under the tongue	368
	Chapter on lingual spasm of the tongue	369
	Chapter on largeness of the tongue	369
	- treatments	369
	Chapter on shortness of the tongue	369
	- treatments	369
	Chapter on swellings of the tongue	369
	- on treatments	369
	Chapter on defect in dyslalia (muteness)	369
	Chapter on ranula	370
	- on treatments	370
	Chapter on burning of the tongue	370
	Chapter on treatment of fissures in the tongue	370
	Chapter on sticking the tongue out