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Quotation from The Canon of Medicine, Book I by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
“When, in regard to medicine, we say that practice proceeds from theory, we do not mean that there is one division of medicine by which we know, and another, distinct therefrom, by which we act.”
The Canon of Medicine, Book I, Part 1, para. 7, trans. O. Cameron Gruner (1930)
Ibn Sina explains that theory and practice are two aspects of one medical science.
Citation: "When, in regard to medicine, we say that practice proceeds from theory, we do not mean that there is one division of medicine by which we know, and another, distinct therefrom, by which we act." — Ibn Sina (Avicenna), The Canon of Medicine, Book I, Part 1, para. 7, trans. O. Cameron Gruner (1930). (id avicenna-canon-of-medicine-book-i-q1)
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