Авиценна — персидский учёный, философ и врач (рассказывает Наталия Басовская)

A lecture by Natalia Basovskaya, a specialist in the history of the Middle Ages in Western Europe and a Doctor of Historical Sciences. Avicenna was a medieval Persian scholar, philosopher, and physician, a representative of Eastern Aristotelianism. He wrote over 450 works in 29 fields of science, of which only 274 have survived. He was the most famous and influential philosopher and scholar of the medieval Islamic world. He was the first to note the contagiousness of smallpox, distinguished between cholera and plague, described leprosy, distinguishing it from other diseases, and studied a number of other illnesses. This lecture will help you learn more about Avicenna's integral contribution to medicine during his time, as well as his legacy for the modern era. Subscribe to our channel to learn even more about the secrets of history.