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Aztec Medicine and Herbal Remedies by Noelle Spitz is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document provides a summary and review of the book "Aztec Medicine, Health, and Nutrition" by Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano. The summary highlights that the book argues the Aztecs were generally healthy and had a sophisticated medical system, though some questions are raised. It notes the book discusses the Aztec diet as ample and nutritious, and their medical practices as incorporating herbal remedies, surgery, and spiritual/cosmological beliefs, though sources are incomplete. Overall the review find

Author

Noelle Spitz

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