Avicenna

Avicenna, also known as Ibn Sina (c. 980–1037), was a Persian polymath who made significant contributions to various fields, including medicine, philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy. He is best known for his works in medicine, particularly "The Canon of Medicine" (Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb), which was a comprehensive medical encyclopedia that served as a standard medical text in Europe and the Islamic world for several centuries.