José Pinto de Azeredo and the Diseases of Angola: Medical Knowledge and Colonial Experiences in the Last Decades of the XVIII Century

The article analyzes the work of the luso-brazilian medicine doctor José Pinto de Azeredo Essay on some diseases of Angola (1799). From the perspective of this work and other sources, we seek to understand the ideas and conceptions of the medicine doctor about the diseases in Angola and how they are...

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Main Author: Jean Luiz Neves Abreu
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012-06-01
Series:Revista de História
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/48540