The Early Modern Globalization of Indian Medicine
Portuguese Dissemination of Drugs and Healing Techniques from South Asia on Four Continents, 1670-1830
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4014819 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy D Walker (corresponding author), Timothy Walker |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 77-97 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1521-804X • E-ISSN: 2573-1432 |
| Publisher | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.62791/geh9yn48 |
| OpenAlex | W3175090320 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This essay discusses the methods and effect of the dissemination of South Asian medicinal substances and healing techniques throughout the Portuguese maritime colonial network. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Indian medicine played a significant role in global Portuguese colonial health care institutions. Analysis covers official reports about Indian medicines produced by Portuguese colonial medical authorities, and consignments of indigenous medicines shipped from Goa, the administrative capital of the Estado da Índia, to Macau, Timor, Mozambique, Brazil, and Continental Portugal. South Asian medicinal preparations and healing techniques spread to Lusophone enclaves in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, far from their indigenous roots, and were fully incorporated into the Portuguese lexicon of tropical medicine
Ancient history · Geography · Globalization · Political science · Portuguese · South asia · Traditional medicine · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Medicine
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2020 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |