On Poisons and the Protection against Lethal Drugs
Written in 1199 at the request of al-Qadi al-Fadil, the famous counselor and secretary to Saladin,On Poisons and the Protection against Lethal Drugs is distinguished rabbi Moses Maimonides’ guide to emergency first aid and readily available antidotes. This treatise—assembled from the existing medical literature as well as Maimonides’ own practice—proved highly influential amongst scholars and laypersons in both Jewish and non-Jewish circles alike.
About the Author & Translator
Gerrit Bos
Gerrit Bos is chair of the Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne. He is proficient in classical and Semitic languages and is widely published in the fields of Jewish studies, Islamic studies, Judeo-Arabic texts, and medieval Islamic science and medicine. In addition to preparing the Medical Works of Moses Maimonides, Professor Bos is involved with a series of medical-botanical Arabic-Hebrew-Romance synonym texts written in Hebrew characters, and is producing an edition of Ibn al-Jazzār’s Zād al-musāfir (Viaticum). He is also studying the Hebrew medical terminology used by the major translators of the thirteenth century; a first analysis can be found in his Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the 13th Century (2 vols.). He received the Maurice Amado award for his work on Maimonides’ medical texts and is a Member of Honor of the Argentinean Society for the History of Medicine.
Publication Information
Subject: Middle Eastern Studies
Publication Year: 2009
Language: Arabic, English
ISBN 10: 0-8425-2730-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-8425-2730-9
Page Count: 427
Price: $ 89.95
Sub Site: Middle Eastern Texts Initiative
Imprint: Brigham Young University Press