South American healing. 16th-century artwork of indigenous people in South America carrying out healing rites on a male patient (centre). A monkey and
South American healing. 16th-century artwork of indigenous people in South America carrying out healing rites on a male patient (centre). A monkey and parrot are at top. Artwork from 'Cosmographie universelle' (1575) by the French explorer and writer Andre Thevet (1516-1590). This book described the history and geography of the lands in which Thevet had travelled. The two volumes and four tomes contain over 1000 pages divided into 23 books. This woodcut is from chapter XI of book XXI.
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