Maimonides on Medicinal Measures and Weights, from his Galenic Epitomes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23012770 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerrit Bos (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 254-276 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Aleph (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1565-1525 • E-ISSN: 1553-3956 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/ale.2009.9.2.254 |
| OpenAlex | W2012837675 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Some of the personal comments inserted by Maimonides in his epitomes of Galen's Qātāgānas (De compositione medicamentorum per genera) and Mayāmir (De compositione medicamentorum secundum locos) are discussed. The most valuable of these comments, which have neither been edited nor studied to date, is undoubtedly a lengthy and detailed discussion of medicinal weights and measures employed in Galen and subsequent medical literature. The text of this comment, found on ff. 4b-6a (pp. 6-9) of his epitome of Galen's Qātāgānas , as extant in MS Berlin 6231, is presented along with a translation. Maimonides' discussion of these weights and measures is interesting because it is based on prominent ancient sources, above all Yuḥannā Ibn Sarābiyūn (ninth century), that date from the period when the so-called canonical units were established.
Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History of Medicine Studies · Medicine · Medieval and Classical Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |