A construção dos trópicos na medicina portuguesa: saberes e práticas no ultramar do século XVIII

The article aims to analyze the perspective of surgeons and doctors on the climate and diseases in Portuguese America during the 18th century. Based on the medical treaties and other printed materials, it offers to understand how local observations and experience in the Portuguese Empire were elemen...

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Main Author: Jean Luiz Neves Abreu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2021-03-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/84176