The Badianus Manuscript

Title: The Badianus Manuscript
Description: This manuscript is the earliest known writing on medicinal practices and treatment of diseases from Mexico. Written and translated by indigenous Aztec people, this illustrated volume depicts and describes the use of medicinal plants to treat various illnesses. This emphasis on pharmaceutical interventions through medicinal plants is noteworthy—which author Martin de la Cruz demonstrates rather than a reliance on surgical treatments. This volume contains an introduction, color facsimile, and annotated translation into English (from Latin).
Contributor: Badiano, Juan. [contributor]; Trueblood, Emily W. Emmart. [introduction author, translator, annotator]
Creator: Cruz, Martín de la, fl. 1552.
Date: 1552 [original text published]; 1940 [facsimile published]
Format: 25.1cm x 30.8cm x 4cm
Identifier: q RS169 C957b 1552 1940
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Press (Maryland, MD)
Type: Book
Original Format: Book
Tag: 16th-century texts; 16th-century translators; Aztec physicians; Facsimiles; Mexican physicians