What was sanitary life like on board of the caravels? What was eaten and how was disease fought on the high seas? What were the most common diseases and how were the patients treated? Who were the medical professionals at the time, which training did they have and which therapies were available? And…did it work?

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A book that takes us back to the times when the Portuguese interacted with other people, when the medicine, in truth, was weak and obscure, even for doctors...