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Aztec Medical Book Found In Vatican Archive
An Aztec medical botany manuscript from 1552, titled Codex Barberini Latin 241, lay in the Vatican Library until an American scholar, Dr. Charles A. Clark, and the Smithsonian uncovered it. Written by Aztec scholars Martin de la Cruz and Juannes Badianus and translated into Latin, the work details plants, preparations, and remedies for diseases, with practical, non magical treatments documented in native Aztec terms and illustrated for identification.
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Vatican
Rome
New World
Charles A. Clark
Smithsonian Institution
Charles G. Dawes
Missonnier
Cortez
Spain
American College For Indians
Mexico
Peru
Charles V
Don Antonio de Mendoza
College of Santa Cruz
Mexico City
Bernardo Sahagun
Mendoza
Don Francisco Mendoza
Martin de la Cruz
Martin
Juannes Badianus
Every Week Magazine
Science
Montezuma
Charles G. Abbot