Badiano Codex, Key to Study Indigenous Medicine
Artdaily.org, 18 June 2009
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: Considered the first medical book of the new World, the De la Cruz-Badiano Codex was digitized and edited in a compact disc by Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History. “The De la Cruz- Badiano Codex is a treasure that awakes even more the interest towards indigenous medicine” declared Dr. Miguel Leon Portilla, who considers it one of the five existent historical sources that allows knowing uses and customs of ancient indigenous peoples regarding their medical treatments. Read the article …
