* These authors contributed equally to the work † Corresponding authors who have contributed equally Representing phenotypes in a structured and standardized manner across different biological species poses significant challenges. We performed a modeling experiment to compare a model called the Canon model, and the PATO for representing a range of biological and clinical phenotypes. The formal ...

Burns are a worldwide problem. The incidence of severe burns has been higher than the combined incidence of tuberculosis and HIV infections. Throughout history there have been many different treatments prescribed for burns. The Canon is the masterpiece of Avicenna’s medical books. The Canon includes a description of 785 simple drugs. Avicenna believed in burn treatment, which follows two goals....

Editorial note. Each A&M issue will contain (in no particular sequence) a reappraisal of a past text of what may be considered (unfashionably) canonical, classical or at least of continuing interest in medical anthropology or cultural psychiatry. The sixth is by Hora-cio Fabrega and Daniel Silver. Piggy-backed onto the existing Harvard University Chiapas Project in SouthWestern Mexico, Fabrega ...

BACKGROUND Physicians in ancient Persia played an important role in the development of medicine in the medieval era. One of the most influential figures of this era was Abu Ali Sina or Ibn Sina, known as Avicenna in the western world. The author of more than 200 books on medicine and philosophy, Avicenna followed and further expanded on the tradition of western philosophy and medicine introduce...

Fr. Morrisey is professor of canon law, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario. Aclear distinction is to be made between "Catholic works" and the "works of Catholics." The former are undertaken "in the name of the Church" (canon 116), with all the guarantees of the church behind them. On the other hand, works of Catholics are undertakings of Catholics that might have an ecclesial relationship o...