Cover illustration. Moses Maimonides (1135-1204) is considered one of the very first pioneers in toxicology. He wrote the first real compendium on poisons, The Treatise on Poisons and Their Antidotes. Illustration reprinted from Surgical Neurology, Vol. 33, Spector, “One Hour of Medical History,” with permission of Elsevier Science. See “Profiles in Toxicology” article by Arthur Furst, pp. 196-197.
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