Description
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- " One of the foremost doctors of his time, Paiva was exiled from Portugal in 1809 and took up residence in Bahia, where he was affiliated with the medical-surgical college. In addition to his own prolific contributions to medical literature, he was responsible for introducing, popularizing, and translating the theories of his European contemporaries among Brazilians." (Book dealer's note in bib. file)
- Signatures: A-E F (A2 verso blank)
Citation
"Aviso ao povo ou summario dos preceitos mais importantes, concernentes à creação das crianças, ás differentes profissões e officios, aos alimentos e bebidas, ao ar, ao exercicio, ao somno, aos vestidos, á intemperança, á limpeza, ao contagio, ás paixões, ás evacuações regulares, &c., que se devem observar para prevenir as enfermidades, conservar a saude, e prolongar a vida"
(1787).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:13071/
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