Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. Editorial Methods xiii
7. Chronology xv
8. INTRODUCTION
9. The World of Dr. Francisco Hernandez 1
10. Philip II: Imperial Obligations and Scientific Vision 11
11. Part I The Intellectual milieu of Hernandez
12. The Classical Tradition in Renaissance Spain and New Trends in Philology, Medicine, and Materia Medica 19
13. Francisco Hernandez, Renaissance Man 33
14. Hernandez in Mexico: Exile and Censorship? 41
15. Part II Medical Knowledge and practices in new Spain
16. Regulation of Medical Practitioners in the Age of Francisco Hernandez 53
17. Shelter and Care for Natives and Colonists: Hospitals in Sixteenth-Century New Spain 65
18. Illness, Epidemics, and Displaced Classes in Sixteenth-Century New Spain 82
19. Anthropology, Reason, and the Dictates of Faith in the Antiquities of Francisco Hernandez 90
20. Entr'acte 105
21. Part III The dissemination of Hernandez's knowledge
22. The Reception of American Drugs in Europe, 1500-1650 109
23. The Contribution of Hernandez to European Botany and Materia Medica 122
24. Hernandez in the Netherlands and England 138
25. Hernandez and Spanish Painting in the Seventeenth Century 151
26. Globalizing the Natural History 170
27. The Circulation of the Work of Hernandez in Nineteenth-Century Spain 183
28. Part IV Postscript: Continuing tradition of Mexican Medicine
29. Latino Catholic Civilization: Patterns of Health and Demography 195
30. The Popular Legacy of Francisco Hernandez 205
31. Glossary 211
32. Index 213