Mayas--Medicine

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Maya Medical Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0008
Abstract

This manuscript contains two manuscripts in one, which consists of a book of medical remedies, with illnesses cross-referenced to plants and various curing recipes. In Maya and Spanish, the two constitute respectively, the original Recetario de los Indios, and the Cuaderno de Teabo. This volume offers insights into the ailments that plagued inhabitants of Mexico in the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1803
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections / Maya Medical Manuscripts

 

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