Brazilian medicinal plants used by the Dr. João Ferreyra da Rosa according to his “Treatise on Pestilence in Pernambuco” at the end of the 17th century
João Ferreyra da Rosa’s “Treatise on Pestilence in Pernambuco”, published in 1694 was the first document on yellow fever, its symptoms and treatment, and it described the phytomedicines used at the time. Rosa described a hundred medicinal plants used to treat the epidemic; most of them came already...
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2008-12-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume214/p39a48.pdf |