[Maya Medical Manuscripts Transcribed in the Nineteenth Century]
Creation: 1800
This early manuscript serves as a manual for the treatment of a wide variety of ailments. Here, for example is a remedy for an earache (dolor de oído). The suggested mixtures often involve the use of herbs and body parts of a remarkable selection of creatures. Cures are provided in Mayan and Spanish.
Title
[Maya Medical Manuscripts Transcribed in the Nineteenth Century]
Cuaderno de Teabo
Recetario de los Indios
Copia de un cuaderno que se haya en poder
Date
Creation: 1800
Description
This early manuscript serves as a manual for the treatment of a wide variety of ailments. Here, for example is a remedy for an earache (dolor de oído). The suggested mixtures often involve the use of herbs and body parts of a remarkable selection of creatures. Cures are provided in Mayan and Spanish.
Rights
Public Domain
Format
Books
Source
MSS0008, Maya Medical Manuscripts
Files
Collection
Citation
“[Maya Medical Manuscripts Transcribed in the Nineteenth Century],” Gallery, accessed September 5, 2026, https://gallery.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/950.