the society of his time. Very little attempt is made to place Newton within any context he would have recognized, or to understand the motives at work within the various practices on which he was engaged. The detail of evidence Westfall presents here does, ironically, provide a historian with almost enough ground to begin such analysis. Newton's notion of God's relation with nature and the work...

avicenna (980 – 1037 ad) known as the prince of physicians in the west was one of the most prominent persian thinkers, philosophers, and physicians. owing to his interests in cardiology, he authored considerable works on different aspects of cardiology. “resaley-e-ragshenasi” (book on pulsology) and”kitab al-adviyt- ol-qalbiye” (the book on drugs for cardiovascular diseases) are avicenna’s grea...

With due regard to the side effects of some modern medications in the recent years, attentions have been drawn to some other alternatives such as herbal medicine. The latter drives from traditional and eastern medicine. Pioneers such as Avicenna are at the center of eastern, Iranian and Islamic medicine. This research aims at drawing attention of physicians, dentists and researchers to the subj...

this is a letter to editor.There is growing interest in the health benefits of botanical diuretics. (1-2) ‎Avicenna (980-1037 AD), the foremost Iranian physician,‎‏ ‏introduced ‎numerous herbs as diuretics in his renowned book of Canon of Medicine. (3)‎Avicenna and his followers have recommended herbal diuretics for most ‎ailments accompanied by fluid superabundance like lassitude, oedema, and ...

Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are disorders that often occur simultaneously and are characterized by widespread pain and persistent fatigue. The patients are associated with disability and impairment social and physical functions. There are many remedies in traditional Persian medicine suggested for management of the disease complaints. The aim of this study was to investigate the c...

â  â  avicenna’s role in arabic literature â  â  nasrollah shameli * â  hamid ahmadian ** â  â  abstract â  â  the master and doyen, avicenna, is one of the prominent savants of the fourth century a.h. besides medicine and philosophy, he was a master in sciences of his time, and was proficient in arabic literature. he has peerless anthologies in poetry and prose, in both arabic and persian li...

this is a letter to editor.There is growing interest in the health benefits of botanical diuretics. (1-2) ‎Avicenna (980-1037 AD), the foremost Iranian physician,‎‏ ‏introduced ‎numerous herbs as diuretics in his renowned book of Canon of Medicine. (3)‎Avicenna and his followers have recommended herbal diuretics for most ‎ailments accompanied by fluid superabundance like lassitude, oedema, and ...