{"product_id":"essays-on-some-maladies-of-angola-1799-9781933227696","title":"Essays on Some Maladies of Angola (1799)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): José Pinto de Azeredo | Timothy Walker | Stewart Lloyd-Jones\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Tagus Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Tagus Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Africa - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWestern science and pharmacology first learned about many African diseases, remedies, and medicinal practices through José Pinto de Azeredo's highly original and influential text. A unique Enlightenment-era medical text written specifically about health issues in Angola, this is the first work by a Portuguese physician to describe accurately, through first-hand observation, medical practices and substances used in Angola during the peak period of the transatlantic slave trade. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis first English-language edition of \u003ci\u003eEssays on Some Maladies of Angola\u003c\/i\u003e was translated by Stewart Lloyd-Jones (University of Stirling) and includes scholarly essays by Timothy Walker (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth), Adelino Cardoso (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), António Braz de Oliveira (Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal) and Manuel Silvério Marques (Universidade de Lisboa).","brand":"Tagus Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890375737495,"sku":"9781933227696","price":1746.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781933227696.webp?v=1781179748","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/essays-on-some-maladies-of-angola-1799-9781933227696","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}