First read the article “Ibn Sina’s Canon of Medicine: 11th Century Rules for Assessing the Effects of Drugs”, which is attached below. Prepare for yourself a short analysis of the article, according to the specifications presented in the analysis of an academic article in the first assignment.
Then focus on the translated passages in the article, taken from Ibn Sina’s book on testing the effectiveness of medicines. Find out for yourself the various aspects of the source, according to the outline of a primary source analysis presented in the laboratories. Use the information about Ibn Sina from the encyclopedia “Medieval Science, Technology and Medicine”, which is also attached below.
You must address the following points in writing:
What is the claim in the article by the three authors?
How did Ibn Sina propose to test the effectiveness of medicines? What is an effective medicine, in his opinion – explicitly or implicitly?
The length of the text should be between 250-200 words.
Writing eloquently and to the point, proofreading and meeting the word limit are part of the assignment. Pay attention to the accuracy of the words and check yourself whether what you have written is unambiguous and not vague and may be interpreted differently from what you mean. Pay attention to the division into sentences with intelligent use of punctuation marks. Use the division of the text into paragraphs to create a logical structure that supports the claims you wish to present, unlike single sentences that present a list of information. Conciseness requires distinguishing between main and minor and writing everything that is important but only what is important. That is why compliance with the word limit is one of the distinctions to grade.