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COURY (Charles). Medicine in Pre-Columbian America - Lot 51
COURY (Charles). Medicine in Pre-Columbian America
Paris, Roger Dacosta, circa 1969–1970.
A scholarly study devoted to the medical, surgical, and pharmacological knowledge of pre-Columbian civilizations. The author, a historian of medicine and professor at the Paris Faculty of Medicine, examines the therapeutic practices of the Maya, Aztecs, Mochicas, and Incas, shedding light on an often-overlooked aspect of the history of science.
An illustrated volume, enriched with an appendix by the renowned historian of science Mirko D. Grmek.
Condition noted: publisher’s binding with an illustrated dust jacket; minor signs of moisture on the dust jacket.
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