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Tratado de las siete enfermedades, de la inflammacion universal del higado, zirbo, pyloron, y riñones, y de la obstrucion, de la satiriasi, de la terciana y febre maligna, y passion hipocondriaca. Lleva otros tres tratados, del mal de Loanda, del guzano, y de las fuentes y sedales.
Publication Details
Lisbon: Pedro Craesbeeck...A costa del Autor, 1623 CE.
The first important work on tropical diseases. Only six copies of the original edition of this book are known. It includes full accounts of malaria, typhoid, and scurvy, and the first accurate descriptions of yellow fever, amoebic hepatitis, dracontiasis, trichuriasis, and tungiasis. Abreu's description of scurvy was remarkably precise. He treated the disease with fresh milk and antiscorbutic syrups, particularly rose syrup- a rich natural source of ascorbic acid. For a study of the book see F. Guerra, Clio Medica, 1968, 1, 59-60. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
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Thematic Classifications
COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › PortugalINFECTIOUS DISEASE › AmoebiasisINFECTIOUS DISEASE › Salmonellosis › Typhoid FeverINFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Mosquito-Borne Diseases › MalariaINFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Mosquito-Borne Diseases › Yellow FeverNUTRITION / DIET › Deficiency Diseases › ScurvyTROPICAL Medicine
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #2262.1 |
| Permanent Link | https://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/2808 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | tratado-de-las-siete-enfermedades-de-la-inflammacion-universal-del-higado-zirbo-pyloron-y-riones-y-de-la-obstrucion-de-la-satiriasi-de-la-terciana-y-febre-maligna-y-passion-hipocondriaca-lleva-otros-tres-tratados-del-mal-de-loanda-del-guzano-y-de-las-fuentes-y-sedales |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Lisbon