HERB - Does This Exist???

[William Seibert]

The title is "The Talk of the Simples and Drugs and Medicinal Things of Indiaî",
but thats all the information I have on it.
Wajdi

Warren & Meredith Harmon wrote:

> Hello!  I've been reading a historical fiction novel, one that is based
> on as mech historical fact as she could research, and a book is mentioned
> that I'd love to get my mitts on.  Garcia de Orta is said to have written
> a book on Oriental drugs and simples, with a froward by Luis vas de
> Camoes (who wrote Os Lusiados, FWIW).  De Orta was a Portuguese herbalist
> who lived the last 30 years of his life in India, traveling in the
> Deccan.  He was well-regarded in Goa, where he worked on the Jesuit
> Misericordia, which was regarded as one of the finest hospitals of its
> time.  Has anyone heard of such a book??  I have no title (yeah, lots of
> other info), but if anyone can point me in the right direction, it would
> be most helpful.  Thanks in advance!
>
> -Caro
>
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