MSAmer39
- Date:
- 1790
- Archives and manuscripts
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About this work
Description
Fly-poster giving notice of the arrival of the botánico in the City and of his services to poor patients suffering from any illness.
Francisco Xavier de Balmis [1753-1819], later Director of the Real Expedición Marítima de la Vacuna,
derived the use of the roots of the Agave americana and the Begonia balmisiana from the same Nicolás de Biana, curandero of Pátzcuaro,
as a remedy for syphilis. [See Balmis (1794), Flores (1886-88), 2, pp. 376-378; and entries under NEW SPAIN, Laws, statutes, (1794)
and WMS/Amer.37 (O'SULLIVAN)
Publication/Creation
Mexico, North America, 1790
Physical description
Material: paper; 1l; cm dimensions: width 25.5 cm, length 18 cm
Acquisition note
Purchased 1962.
Language note
Spanish
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores