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Which diseases were discussed in the fourth book of The Canon of Medicine?
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Avicenna
The title page of the 1556 edition of Avicenna's The Canon of Medicine (Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb). This edition (sometimes called the 1556 Basel edition) was translated by medieval scholar Gerard of Cremona.
In the fourth book of The Canon of Medicine, Avicenna examines diseases that are not specific to certain organs. This section focuses on systemic and humoral pathologies, most notably including fevers.1