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Marilyn Singer (born 3 October 1948) [1] [failed verification] is an author of children's books in a wide variety of genres, including fiction and non-fiction picture books, juvenile novels and mysteries, young adult fantasies, and poetry. Some of her poems are written as reverso poems. Marilyn Singer Photo by Sonya Sones
The Canon of Medicine (c. 1000) - Described by Sir William Osler as a "medical bible" and "the most famous medical textbook ever written". [19] The Canon of Medicine introduced the concept of a syndrome as an aid to diagnosis , and it laid out an essential framework for a clinical trial . [ 20 ]
Among other things, the book is known for the discovery of contagious diseases, and the introduction of experimental medicine, [1] clinical trials, [2] randomized controlled trials, [3] [4] efficacy tests, [5] [6] and clinical pharmacology. [7] The work is considered one of the most famous books in the history of medicine. [8]
Critical reception was positive. [3] [4] Karl Ove Knausgård praised the book, stating that the work has "true honesty in an unexpected place". [5]The work has also received praise from The Observer and The Daily Telegraph, the latter of which printed Nicholas Blincoe calling it "an elegant series of meditations at the closing of a long career".
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... A Short History of Medicine is a book by Charles Singer, published in 1928 by Oxford University Press. [1 ...
Gilbertus Anglicus (or Gilbert of England, also known as Gilbertinus; c. 1180 – c. 1250) [1] was a medieval English physician. [1] [2] [3] He is known chiefly for his encyclopedic work, the Compendium of Medicine (Compendium Medicinæ), most probably written between 1230 and 1250. [2]
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