On Poisons and the Protection against Lethal Drugs: A Parallel Arabic-English Edition [Hardcover]

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 Drugsis 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.

AlthoughOn Poisonssurvives in several Arabic and Judeo-Arabic manuscripts, this is the first finished critical edition of the Arabic. The volume also includes critical editions of the medieval Hebrew and Latin translations and a glossary ofmaterial medicaand technical terms. It will be essential for the shelves of scholars interested in Maimonides and medieval medicine.

Sigla and Abbreviations for the Arabic-English and Hebrew Texts

Sigla and Abbreviations for the Latin Texts

Foreword

Preface

Translator’s Introduction

The Arabic Text ofOn Poisons

The Hebrew Translations ofOn Poisons

Introduction to the Latin Translations of Maimonides’ Treatise on Poisons (De Venenis)

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On Poisons and the Protection against Lethal Drugs

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The Hebrew Translation by Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon

The Anonymous Hebrew Translation

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The Latin Translation by Armengaud Blaise

The Latin Translation by Giovanni da Capua

The Anonymous Vatican Latin Translation

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Glossary of Technical Terms and Materia Medica

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