On Poisons and the Protection Against Lethal Drugs: A Parallel Arabic-English Edition

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. Although *On Poisons* survives 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 of *material medica* and technical terms. It will be essential for the shelves of scholars interested in Maimonides and medieval medicine.