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    responsible for their actions and behaviors, which results in them accountable for their own destiny. He clarified that evil is the result of humans choosing evil over good. Lastly, personal guilt became an imperative part of controlling human behavior. Avicenna was a child genius and physician growing up. He wrote many books about topics such as logic, medicine, mathematics, linguistics, and much more. In fact, his book on medicine was used for centuries. He looked at works from Aristotle and…

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    wondrous traces in the generation of the world, and the parts of the heavens and the parts of the animal and the plants. All that does not proceed (sadara) from chance (ittifàq), but presupposes a certain arrangement (tadbìr)’. (Cited in Belo, 109, Avicenna, Al Shifa, al Ilahiyyat, pg. 415) Despite Avicenna’s work integrating Greek philosophy into Islamic thought, later orthodox Sunnism would completely reject this integration of Greek rationalism and adopt the theological doctrine of…

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    the genitalia with one finger inside using oil of lilies, musk root, crocus or something similar. They were massaged by physicians during the Victorian era. This led women to be aroused to paroxysm. It is a stimulation recommended by Galen and Avicenna amongst others. The treatment was mostly recommended for young women, public women, or married women because married women can engage in intercourse with their husbands. A vibrator was a Victorian invention. It was built by Weiss and designed…

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    Islamic perspective Nutrition has a crucial role in maintaining body health. Eating and drinking actually can provide great attention to the spiritual aspects of life as well as somatic aspects to maintain human health. In this view, people are not going to eat and drink for pleasure but to maintain a good life and physical health, due to daily tasks, as well as observing moral aspects of a human life and spiritual satisfaction (Majid & Manijhe, 2014). The Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad SAW also…

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    I.Introduction Different questions have arisen throughout all centuries on God. Finding identities, descriptions, and characteristics of God has been, and continues to be one of human's’ biggest inquiries. One area of inquiry is the study of natural theology which is a study of science that tries to use natural evidences and explanations to justify the existence of a God (Zeyl, 2005). Before it was declared as a type of study or inquiry, ancient philosophers such as Aristotle,…

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    Introduction As we all know, that anatomy is one of the historical subject and is still continuously being taught on due to its importance. The study itself begins as early as 1600 BC, with the emerging of Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus. The study during this era is mostly description on some parts of the human body. During the time of Aristotle, dissection was implemented on animal and this leads to founding of comparative anatomy subject. It was not until during the reign of King Ptolemy that…

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    Oncology Patients

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    reduce the occurrence of rejection response. The patients are also taken under constant psychological counseling. Another special care is the close and keen medical follow ups either short term or long term (Iranian Society for Organ Transplantation & Avicenna Organ Transplant Institute, 2010). Both of these conditions adversely affect education strategies especially when dealing with these patients. The oncology patients may suffer from kinds of cancer that hinder performance of some…

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    Bible or Holy Quran. Avicenna said that we cannot define a human quality because we are not the Creator of human being but only the Creator can do well. In the world, the two religions are dominant one is Christianity and the other is Islam. So when we read the Holy Bible or…

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    descriptions, causes and diagnostic techniques for conditions such as rabies, stomach ulcers, different types of hepatitis, breast cancer, facial paralysis, diphtheria, leprosy, diabetes, cancer and gout. Later translations Latinized his name to Avicenna, and by the 13th century his work had become the standard medical reference text throughout Western Europe. Archaeology has further illuminated medical practices in the ancient world. Certain skeletons discovered during excavations demonstrate…

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    Farming. 2013. Web. 5 Apr. 2016. [http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/08/09/torturing-animals-with-gmos/] Maghari, Behrokh Mohajer, and Ali M. Ardekani. "Genetically Modified Foods And Social Concerns." Avicenna Journal Of Medical Biotechnology 3.3 (2011): 109-117. CINAHL Complete. Web. 31 Mar. 2016. Palmer, Sharon, and Chris McCullum-Gomez. "Genetically Engineered Foods Update. (Cover Story)." Environmental Nutrition 33.7 (2010): 1-6. Health…

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