Manuscritos de Medicina y Farmacia rioplatenses: un estudio comparativo entre la Materia Médica Misionera y el o Libro de Cirugía

Abstract

This article presents and analyses two manuscripts of medicine and pharmacy from the beginning of the 18th century, Materia Médica Misioneira (1710) and the Libro de Cirugía (1725), which have their authorship attributed to Jesuit Pedro Montenegro. Beyond the discussion about the appropriation of classical knowledge about Medicine and Pharmacy from native knowledge, their structures and narrative styles are compared in order to support the questioning of the same authorship attributed to both manuscripts. Distancing from the vision consecrated by historiography, we propose that the Libro de Cirugía was composed in different moments and had the collaboration of several authors-compilers, including indigenous copywriters.

Keywords

• Materia Médica Misionera
•  Libro de Cirugía
• manuscripts of medicine and pharmacy
• Platin America
• 18th century