Antonio González Bueno

Real academia médica matritense y expediciones botánicas ilustradas : una conexión fármaco-terapéutica

We studied the repercussions of Enlightenment botanical expeditions on pharmacological controversies that arose within the Royal Academy of Medicine in Madrid. The main contributors to the knowledge of pharmacological and therapeutic properties of American flora were Jose Pavon, and especially Hipolito Ruiz, of the Oficina de la Flora Americana. Contributions by other participants in expeditions were rare, and are limited to the writings of Vicente Cervantes, Martin Sesse and Jose Mariano Mocino, botanists who traveled to New Spain.