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P. Alpini De medicina Aegyptiorum libri quatuor, & Jacobi Bontii de medicina Indorum

by Prosper Alpini

MedicineEarly works to 1800Tropical medicineBeri-beriDiagnosisCholera

"De Medicina Indorum", first published in 1642 was the first Dutch work on tropical medicine; and was the first modern description on beri-beri and cholera.

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