looking for partners A proposal for a vast undertaking in authentic Traditional Jewish medicine

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

 

As many of you are aware, the Rambam wrote 10 medical books. The most

recently discovered one " The Glossary of Drug Names " was found by Max Meyerhof,

MD, an Egyptian opthalmologist in the Aya Sofia library in Istanbul. Meyerhof

edited the original Arabic manuscript, translated it with a French commentary

and published it in Cairo in 1940. The work is a pharmacopia consisting of 405

short discriptions of medicinal substances in Arabic, Greek, Syrian, Persian,

Berber and Spanish. In 1995 Fred Rosner, MD, translated it into English along

with Meyerhofs commentary. However, each selection is very brief, more for

identification purposes, and lists little or none of the medical applications or

properties.

 

Would anyone be interested in using the Rambam's glossary as a basis to write

the first Materia Medica of traditional Jewish substances? Also, should I open

this question up to the scholarly world in general by posting this to groups

such as TCM and CHA? Obviously, also, as this is an undertaking of such

magnitude, we would need to write a grant to get funding for the extensive

research which would be involved with it. I am on very good terms with Dan

Bensky. Should I approach him for ideas or suggestions? Maybe he would even be

interested in publishing it.

 

Shabbat Shalom,

 

Yidel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Oops! I intended to post this on my group, Traditional Jewish Medicine and TCM.

Oh well, I guess the cat's out of the bag. Contact me privately if interested.

Also please forgive any presumptive statements that were not meant for public

consumption.

 

Sorry!

 

Yehuda

 

wrote:

Dear Friends,

 

As many of you are aware, the Rambam wrote 10 medical books. The most recently

discovered one " The Glossary of Drug Names " was found by Max Meyerhof, MD, an

Egyptian opthalmologist in the Aya Sofia library in Istanbul. Meyerhof edited

the original Arabic manuscript, translated it with a French commentary and

published it in Cairo in 1940. The work is a pharmacopia consisting of 405 short

discriptions of medicinal substances in Arabic, Greek, Syrian, Persian, Berber

and Spanish. In 1995 Fred Rosner, MD, translated it into English along with

Meyerhofs commentary. However, each selection is very brief, more for

identification purposes, and lists little or none of the medical applications or

properties.

 

Would anyone be interested in using the Rambam's glossary as a basis to write

the first Materia Medica of traditional Jewish substances? Also, should I open

this question up to the scholarly world in general by posting this to groups

such as TCM and CHA? Obviously, also, as this is an undertaking of such

magnitude, we would need to write a grant to get funding for the extensive

research which would be involved with it. I am on very good terms with Dan

Bensky. Should I approach him for ideas or suggestions? Maybe he would even be

interested in publishing it.

 

Shabbat Shalom,

 

Yidel

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Yehuda,

 

I think this is a fascinating and interesting project. I would love to see it

happen. I think Dan Bensky, with his experience in writing herbal materia

medica, is as good a choice as any.

 

I have experience in editing and proofreading, if we need someone to do these

tasks.

 

 

 

wrote: Dear Friends,

 

As many of you are aware, the Rambam wrote 10 medical books. The most

recently discovered one " The Glossary of Drug Names " was found by Max Meyerhof,

MD, an Egyptian opthalmologist in the Aya Sofia library in Istanbul. Meyerhof

edited the original Arabic manuscript, translated it with a French commentary

and published it in Cairo in 1940. The work is a pharmacopia consisting of 405

short discriptions of medicinal substances in Arabic, Greek, Syrian, Persian,

Berber and Spanish. In 1995 Fred Rosner, MD, translated it into English along

with Meyerhofs commentary. However, each selection is very brief, more for

identification purposes, and lists little or none of the medical applications or

properties.

 

Would anyone be interested in using the Rambam's glossary as a basis to write

the first Materia Medica of traditional Jewish substances? Also, should I open

this question up to the scholarly world in general by posting this to groups

such as TCM and CHA? Obviously, also, as this is an undertaking of such

magnitude, we would need to write a grant to get funding for the extensive

research which would be involved with it. I am on very good terms with Dan

Bensky. Should I approach him for ideas or suggestions? Maybe he would even be

interested in publishing it.

 

Shabbat Shalom,

 

Yidel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Got a little couch potato?

Check out fun summer activities for kids.

 

 

[Guest guest]

Yehuda, sounds like a lifetime project!

 

I've seen a few books about " herbs of biblical times " on bookstore shelves

in the past.

For instance:

James Duke wrote a book called " Herbs of the Bible: 2000 years of plant

medicine "

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/102-7184106-1248154?initialSearch=1 & url=sea\

rch-alias%3Daps & field-keywords=bible+herbs & Go.x=0 & Go.y=0 & Go=Go

 

There are 2 other books on this subject on Amazon.

 

How would your project differ from these books?

 

Also, would your project entail mainly translating source texts and adding

supplementary herbal information as commentary or would this be a survey of

herbs/medicines derived from the Torah (law of Moses)? or a survey of

herbs/medicines from ancient to contemporary times (in the context of

Jewish-cultural usage)?

 

Thanks for broadening our knowledge

and giving homage to the ancestors (humans and herbs).

 

On 8/10/07, wrote:

>

> Oops! I intended to post this on my group, Traditional Jewish Medicine

> and TCM. Oh well, I guess the cat's out of the bag. Contact me privately if

> interested. Also please forgive any presumptive statements that were not

> meant for public consumption.

>

> Sorry!

>

> Yehuda

>

> <%40>> wrote:

> Dear Friends,

>

> As many of you are aware, the Rambam wrote 10 medical books. The most

> recently discovered one " The Glossary of Drug Names " was found by Max

> Meyerhof, MD, an Egyptian opthalmologist in the Aya Sofia library in

> Istanbul. Meyerhof edited the original Arabic manuscript, translated it with

> a French commentary and published it in Cairo in 1940. The work is a

> pharmacopia consisting of 405 short discriptions of medicinal substances in

> Arabic, Greek, Syrian, Persian, Berber and Spanish. In 1995 Fred Rosner, MD,

> translated it into English along with Meyerhofs commentary. However, each

> selection is very brief, more for identification purposes, and lists little

> or none of the medical applications or properties.

>

> Would anyone be interested in using the Rambam's glossary as a basis to

> write the first Materia Medica of traditional Jewish substances? Also,

> should I open this question up to the scholarly world in general by posting

> this to groups such as TCM and CHA? Obviously, also, as this is an

> undertaking of such magnitude, we would need to write a grant to get funding

> for the extensive research which would be involved with it. I am on very

> good terms with Dan Bensky. Should I approach him for ideas or suggestions?

> Maybe he would even be interested in publishing it.

>

> Shabbat Shalom,

>

> Yidel

>

>

>

>

>

> Got a little couch potato?

> Check out fun summer activities for kids.

>

>