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The Canon of Medicine

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Date: 

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/the-canon-of-medicine

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. Who wrote The Canon of Medicine?

  2. 2. What is the completion date?

  3. 3. What is the original language?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Polymath

  • Materia Medica

  • Humoral Theory

  • Paradigm Shift

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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