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Avicenna
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The father of early modern medicine

An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death.

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Avicenna

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Identity: The father of early modern medicine

Background: Ibn Sina, commonly known in the West as Avicenna, was the preeminent philosopher and physician of the Muslim world, flourishing during the Islamic Golden Age in the employ of the Samanid Empire. He is often described as the father of early modern medicine. His philosophy was of the Muslim Peripatetic school derived from Aristotelianism.