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Dr. Garcia de Orta, Jewish Portuguese physician of Goa - first book on tropical medicine
Garcia de orta biography template
&#; ), a Renaissance Sephardi Jewish physician, herbalist and naturalist and made a pioneering contribution in the area of tropical medicine - pharmacognosy and ethnobotany. He worked in Goa, India, then a Portuguese overseas territory and gained vast experience in some dreaded tropical diseases and made invaluable contribution to the early development of the understanding of modern medicine. He studied countless tropical plants, herbs, etc., and gathered detailed information about their medical values to cure some serious tropical ailments/ diseases.
While serving as the Chief physician at the Royal Hospital Goa, Garcia maintained a botanical garden of his own close to the hospital, mainly for his research. However, his residence and the garden