Title: História da medicina portuguesa durante a expansão /
Authors: Sousa, Germano de.
Date: 2013
Publisher: Círculo de Leitores :
Physical description: 328 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports., facsims. ; 23 cm.
Language: Portuguese
LC class: R
Abstract: 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.