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One of the greatest Persian medics was Avicenna, also known as Ibn Sina, who lived from 980AD to 1037AD. His works included a comprehensive collection and systematisation of the fragmentary and unorganised Greco-Roman medical literature that had been translated Arabic by that time, augmented by notes from his own experiences. One of his books, "Al-Qānūn fī aṭ-Ṭibb" (The Canon of Medicine) has been called the most famous single book in the history of medicine in both East and West. Avicenna excelled in the logical assessment of conditions and comparison of symptoms and took special note of analgesics and their proper use as well as other methods of relieving pain, including massage.
Medieval medicine of Western Europe
Medieval European medicine became more developed during the Renaissance of the 12th century, when many medical texts both on Ancient Greek medicine and on Islamic medicine were translated from Arabic during the 13th century. The most influential among these texts was Avicenna's "The Canon of Medicine", a medical encyclopedia written in "circa" 1030 which summarized the medicine of Greek, Indian and Muslim physicians until that time. The "Canon" became an authoritative text in European medical education until the early modern period. Other influential texts from Jewish authors include the "Liber pantegni" by Isaac Israeli ben Solomon, while Arabic authors contributed "De Gradibus" by Alkindus and "Al-Tasrif' by Abulcasis.