伊本·西纳(980年——1037年)是中世纪阿拉伯最有影响的科学家、哲学家、诗人、音乐家,最杰出的医生。欧洲人称他为阿维森纳(Avicenna),尊之为“医者之父”。阿维森纳不仅促进了阿拉伯医学的发展,对于欧洲医学也有显著的影响。他的名著《医典》曾指导医学界长达数世纪之久,被中世纪欧洲医学院用作教材,其中一些观点沿用至今。阿维森纳出生在中亚细亚布哈拉城附近的阿夫沙那(今苏联乌兹别克共和国境内),其父是一名有学识的小官吏,也是一名虔诚的伊斯兰教徒。阿维森纳的早期教育是直接在父亲指导下进行的,他博览群书,掌握了大量的自然科学、哲学知识。十八岁的阿维森纳已是一位颇有名气的医师和学者了。当时,布哈拉的苏丹曼苏尔身患重病,被他治 Ibn Sina (980 - 1037) is one of the most influential Arab scientists, philosophers, poets, musicians and most distinguished doctors in the Middle Ages. Europeans call him Avicenna, respected as the “father of doctors.” Avicenna not only promoted the development of Arab medicine, but also had a significant impact on European medicine. His famous book Medical Journals guided the medical profession for centuries and was used as a teaching material by the Medieval European Medical School, some of which are still in use today. Avicenna was born in Afsztyar, now near the city of Bukhara in Central Asia (now the territory of the Uzbek Republic of the Soviet Union). His father is a learned little official and a devout Muslim. Avicenna’s early education was carried out directly under the guidance of his father, who read extensive books and mastered a great deal of natural science and philosophy. Avicenna, 18, is already a well-known physician and scholar. At that time, Sudan Mansoor in Bukhara was seriously ill and he was ruled by him