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