História da medicina portuguesa durante a expansão / Germano de Sousa.

Title
  1. História da medicina portuguesa durante a expansão / Germano de Sousa.
Published by
  1. Lisboa : Temas e Debates : Círculo de Leitores, 2013.
Author
  1. Sousa, Germano de.

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Description
  1. 328 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports., facsims.; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. The book is divided into five basic themes: the teaching and practice of medicine during the Age of Discovery; care of the sick; naval medicine; medical and hospital care in newly discovered lands; and new diseases found in those lands. It discusses new herbs found to combat old diseases as well as new ones. Detailed descriptions of 15th and 16th century clinics and hospitals.
Subject
  1. History, 16th Century
  2. History, 15th Century
  3. History of Medicine
  4. Medicine > Portugal > History
  5. History of Medicine
  6. Colonialism > history
  7. Portugal
Genre/Form
  1. History
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain