{"product_id":"searching-for-the-secrets-of-nature-9780804739641","title":"Searching for the Secrets of Nature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays by historians, historians of science and medicine, and literary and textual scholarsfrom the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Spainanalyzes the achievements of Dr. Francisco Hernández (1515-87) in the history of medicine and science in Europe and the Americas. Celebrated in his own day as one of Spain''s leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work on the native plants and materia medica of central Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSent to New Spain in 1570 by King Philip II to research and describe the natural history of the region, to assess the medical usefulness of the natural resources, and to gather ethnographic materials for an anthropological history, Hernández was the first trained scientist to undertake scientific work in the New World. For seven years he gathered information throughout the Valley of Mexico, learning Nahuatl, recording local medical customs, studying indigenous medicines, and writing down all his observation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These books represent a remarkable scholarly achievement and a splendid tribute to a remarkable man who linked two rich civilizations.\"—\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a fundamental contribution in the English language to the study of natural history of the New World, Mexico in particular, in the Renaissance, which must be placed on every reading list of courses on the encounters with the New World.\"—\u003ci\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Enlightening and entertaining to pick up and look for areas of specific reader interest.\"—\u003ci\u003eSoutheastern Naturalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations  Acknowledgments  Abbreviations  Editorial methods  Chronology  Introduction  1. The world of Dr Francisco Hernandez Dora B. Weiner  2. Philip II: imperial obligations and scientific vision Peter O'Malley Pierson  Part I. The Intellectual Milieu of Hernandez: 3. The classical tradition in Renaissance Spain and new trends in philology, medicine and materia medica Rafael Chabran  4. Francisco Hernandez, Renaissance man Simon Varey  5. Hernandez in Me;xico: exile and censorship? Carmen Benito-Vessels  Part II. Medical Knowledge and Practices in New Spain: 6. Regulation of medical practitioners in the age of Francisco Hernandez John Jay Tepaske  7. Shelter and care for natives and colonists: hospitals in sixteenth-century New Spain Guenter B. Risse  8. Illness, epidemics, and displaced classes in sixteenth-century New Spain Elsa Malvido  9. Anthropology, reason, and the dictates of faith in the Antiquities of Francisco Hernandez David A. Boruchoff  Entr'acte Rafael Chabran and Simon Varey  Part III. The Dissemination of Hernandez's Knowledge: 10. The reception of American drugs in Europe, 1500-1650 J. Worth Estes  11. The contribution of Hernandez to European botany and materia medica Jose  M. Lopez Pinero and Jose  Parso Tomas  12. Hernandez in the Netherlands and England Rafael Chabran and Simon Varey  13. Hernandez and Spanish painting in the seventeenth century Mari;a Jose  Lopez Terrada  14. Globalizing the Natural History Jaime Vilchis  15. The circulation of the work of Hernandez in nineteenth-century Spain Leoncio Lopez-Ocon  Part IV. Postscript: Continuing Traditions of Mexican Medicine: 16. Latino Catholic civilization: patterns of health and demography David Hayes-Bautista  17. The popular legacy of Francisco Hernandez Simon Varey and Rafael Chabran  Glossary  Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405540761943,"sku":"9780804739641","price":59.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804739641.jpg?v=1730492777","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/searching-for-the-secrets-of-nature-9780804739641","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}