In the third part of this article on Avicenna's Canon of Medicine, diseases of the bladder other than bladder calculus are reviewed. Avicenna covers topic on bladder infection, pelvic abscess, urethritis, cystitis, prostatitis, bladder tumors, bladder dysfunction, urinary retention, and neurogenic bladder. The interesting point is that 10 centuries ago, Avicenna had described almost all disease...

avicenna, a muslim scientist of the tenth and eleventh centuries has an important place in the history of medicine in iran and the world. furthermore, the modern medicine is laid upon the infrastructure of his medicine. in this article, the position of avicenna in the medical history and the scientific influence of his medical works in particular al-canon in the development of medical literatur...

Inclusion of IJOTM in Scopus and EMBASE I t was a great pleasure to realize that the International Journal for Organ Transplantation Medicine (IJOTM) has been incorporated in the respected Elsevier databases, Scopus and EMBASE/Excerpta Medica. The editorial staff of the IJOTM acknowledges this highly esteemed recognition to the sincere support of the Avicenna Transplantation Center and the The ...

CONTEXT Traditional Iranian medicine (TIM) is a rich and valuable school of thought that believes medications are not the only effective approach for the treatment of diseases but that nutrition is also important. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Our study includes two parts; the first is a book review of the Canon of Medicine by Avicenna (10th and 11th centuries), in which we focus on finding and unders...