The theme: Text; Abu Ali Al-Husain Avicenna. (Part-ii) The aim

LESSON 4

The theme: Text; Abu Ali Al-Husain Avicenna. (Part-II) The aim: Development of reading, understanding, translating and writing skills.

AVICENNA (Ibn Sina)

About 100 treatises are ascribed to Avicenna and of there the most influential was his “Canon of Medicine”. His “Canon of Medicine” based on the Greek medical works was long used as a text-book both in the Orient and Occident and is still highly prized by the physicians.

The “Canon” includes five books, the first and second describes physiology, pathology and hygiene. The third and fourth deal with the methods of treating diseases. The fifth describes the composition and preparation of remedies, and includes Avicenna s personal observations. In this work he described how various methods of plant, animal and mineral origin could be used in medicine. He had an amazing knowledge of the content of all kinds of medicinal plants.

The great scholar knew well the flora of his native land and the nature of its effect on one or another their ailment. In this “Canon of Medicine” Avicenna recommends using medicinal plants such as Melessa, Madde and many others for medical treatment. Ibn Sina made an equally great contribution to pharmacology. The Canon describes about 2000 medicines whose study and analysis can help to reveal many secrets of folk medicine.

Of the 150 are included in our Pharmacopeia. The Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan has published and continues to publish a number of Avicenna’s work.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

1. 
   How many treatises are ascribed to Avicenna?
   
2. 
   What is Avicenna’s famous book on medicine?
   
3. 
   How many books does the “Canon of Medicine” include?
   
4. 
   How many preparations described by Avicenna are included into our Pharmacopeias?
   
5. 
   Did he make a great contribution to medicine?
   

Exercise 1. Write the new words from the text ourselves and learn by heart
Exercise 2. Find the border of the following words and translate them.

1. Hehadanamazingknowledgeofthecontentofallkindsofmedicinalplants.

2.HisCanonofMedicinebasedontheGreekmedicalworkswaslongusedasatextbookbothintheOrientand

Ocidentandisstillhighlyprizedbythephysicians.

3.TheCanondescribesabouttwothousandsmedicineswhosestudyandanalysiscanhelptorevealmanysecretsoffolkmedicine.

4.AboutahundredaredescribedtoAvicennaandoftherethemostinfluentialwashisCanonofmedicine.

5.theAcademyofsciencesofUzbekistanhaspublishedandcontinuestopublishanumberofAvicenna’swork.

Exercise 3. Using the following words make up the short story.

Treatises, influential, “Canon of Medicine”, based, Greek medical, Orient, Occident, highly, prized, physicians, includes, five books, composition, preposition, remedy, contribution, pharmacology, describe, folk medicine.

Exercise 4. Find the right variants of the translation.

1. Ta’riyiplew 1. Hygiene

2. Abroylı 2. Ailment

3 . Qamtıw 3. Remedy

4. Gigiena 4. Describe

5 . Awırıw 5. Treatment

6. Da’ri 6. Include

7. Emlew 7. Contribution

8. Jetiskenlik 8. Composition

9. Quramında 9. Desease

10. Den sawlıgı bolmaw 10. Influential