The canon is a composition pattern with a long history and many forms. The concept of the canon has also been applied to experimental film making and on Japanese television. We describe our work-in-progress on an Interactive Visual Canon Platform (IVCP) that enables creators of visual canons to design their movements through rapid cycles of performance and evaluation. The IVCP system provides r...

NANCY G. SIRAISI, Avicenna in Renaissance Italy: the Canon and medical teaching in Italian universities after 1500, Princeton University Press, 1987, 8vo, pp. xii, 410, £31.40. "To what part of philosophy does it belong?" asked the medieval teacher, introducing a new text to his class. The book reviewer often has to do likewise. Here, the expectations of the reader might coincide with one of th...

Stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is caused by a disturbance of the blood supply to the brain and an accruing loss of brain function. The first recorded observations were in 2455 BC and it has been studied intensely by ancient physicians throughout history. In the early medieval period, Ibn Sina (980-1025 AD) called stroke sekteh and described it extensively. Some of Ibn Sina's definitio...

Each month the editor of Newsline selects articles on diagnostic, therapeutic, research, and practice issues from a range of international publications. Most selections come from outside the standard canon of nuclear medicine and radiology journals. These briefs are offered as a monthly window on the broad arena of medical and scientific endeavor in which nuclear medicine now plays an essential...

Antiepileptic drugs used to treat epilepsy can cause severe, life threatening side effects. In Iranian traditional medicine, herbal remedies have been used for centuries to treat seizures. In this study, the five most important herbals in Iranian traditional medicine, namely Canon, al-Hawi, al-Abniah 'an Haqaeq al Adwia, Tuhfat al-Mu'minin, and Makhzan ul-Adwia, were searched for the term "sar-...

"Perhaps the most quoted statement in the history of comparative psychology is Lloyd Morgan's canon" (Dewsbury, 1984, p. 187). To this it can be added that perhaps the most misrepresented statement in the history of comparative psychology is Lloyd Morgan's canon. Apparently a version of Morgan's canon was first published in 1892 (Dixon, 1892; Morgan, 1892). However, the most cited version of th...

Physicians in ancient Persia played an important role in development of medicine in the medieval Europe. One of the most influential figures of this era was Avicenna. Avicenna (980 -1037AD) was , a great Islamic and Iranian physician and the author of more than 335 books on medicine, philosophy and other branches of knowledge, and his masterpiece," The Canon of Medicine "which was the text book...

NANCY G. SIRAISI, Avicenna in Renaissance Italy: the Canon and medical teaching in Italian universities after 1500, Princeton University Press, 1987, 8vo, pp. xii, 410, £31.40. "To what part of philosophy does it belong?" asked the medieval teacher, introducing a new text to his class. The book reviewer often has to do likewise. Here, the expectations of the reader might coincide with one of th...

Joint pain is one of the most common complaints with many possible causes.Some medicines used for joint pain relief such as NSAIDs have substantial and frequent side effects. Topical route possibly reduces adverse reactions by maximizing local delivery and minimizing systemic toxicity. Throughout history, plants have been the most important sources of medicines for human health and Iranian Trad...