| Essays on Some Maladies of Angola (1799) Contributor(s): Azeredo, José Pinto de (Author), Walker, Timothy D. (Editor), Lloyd-Jones, Stewart (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1933227699 ISBN-13: 9781933227696 Publisher: Tagus Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Medical | Diseases - History | Modern - 18th Century |
| Dewey: 616.909 |
| LCCN: 2015040144 |
| Series: Classic Histories from the Portuguese-Speaking World in Tran |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 164 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Western science and pharmacology first learned about many African diseases, remedies, and medicinal practices through José Pinto de Azeredo's highly original and influential text. A unique Enlightenment-era medical text written specifically about health issues in Angola, this is the first work by a Portuguese physician to describe accurately, through first-hand observation, medical practices and substances used in Angola during the peak period of the transatlantic slave trade. This first English-language edition of Essays on Some Maladies of Angola was translated by Stewart Lloyd-Jones (University of Stirling) and includes scholarly essays by Timothy Walker (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth), Adelino Cardoso (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), António Braz de Oliveira (Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal) and Manuel Silvério Marques (Universidade de Lisboa). |