Title: Prosperi Alpini Marosticensis philosophi & medici, in Gymnasio Patavino medicamentorum simplicium professoris ordinarii, medicina Aegyptiorum
Description: "De Medicina Indorum", first published in 1642 was the first Dutch work on tropical medicine; and was the first modern description on beri-beri and cholera.
Subjects: Medicine, Early works to 1800, Balsams, Pharmacology, Tropical medicine, Beri-beri, Diagnosis, Cholera
Places: Egypt, Indonesia
People: Garcia de Orta (active 16th century)