Ecuador National Museum of Medicine
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The Ecuador National Museum of Medicine is located in Calle Sodiro y Valparaiso, Quito, Ecuador.
founded Ecuador's National Museum of Medicine on the 5th of March, 1982. The mission of Dr. Eduardo Estrella was to paint a full picture of
the native, natural medicine of South America and to preserve the heritage of the History of Medicine. Main elements of the museum include, Aboriginal Medical Food, nutrition and health, medical archeology, and medicinal plants. There are also sections dedicated to Colonial medicine in South America, as well as institutionalization of academic medicine, hospitals, and medical education.
, waiting to be discovered. Dr. Eduardo Estrella Aguirre was in the Archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Madrid Spain in 1985 where In the documentary of the "Division IV" corresponding to the expedition of Ruiz and Pavon in Peru and Chile, Eduardo Estrella found a lot of descriptions of plants whose origin corresponded to places belonging to the Royal Audience of Quito.
This was a job that took over three years of almost non stop work in the archives before Dr. Estrella to uncover the mystery. The folios in the archives of the Royal Botanical Gardens of Madrid, Spain were numbered and contained the mysterious initials FH and differed from others that did not correspond to the flora of the Royal Court, and had the initials FP Still nothing was clear, but there was sufficient evidence to consider that was the trail of something important and this let to the publishing of the Flora Huayaquilensis
and after 200 years, Dr. Eduardo Estrella
finally published the hard work and giving the credit to the expedition of Juan José Tafalla Navascués.
The mission of the Museum of Medicine
Dr. Eduardo EstrellaEduardo Estrella Aguirre
Eduardo Estrella Aguirre was an Ecuadorian doctor and researcher who published Flora Huayaquilensis: The Botanical Expedition of Juan Tafalla 1799-1808....
founded Ecuador's National Museum of Medicine on the 5th of March, 1982. The mission of Dr. Eduardo Estrella was to paint a full picture of
the native, natural medicine of South America and to preserve the heritage of the History of Medicine. Main elements of the museum include, Aboriginal Medical Food, nutrition and health, medical archeology, and medicinal plants. There are also sections dedicated to Colonial medicine in South America, as well as institutionalization of academic medicine, hospitals, and medical education.
Discovery by Dr. Eduardo Estrella Aguirre
For over 200 years the documents of the Expeditions of Juan Tafalla that details one of the first expeditions to South America that documents plants was done by Juan Tafalla who was under the direction of the Royal Audiencia of Quito. The works were never published during the life of Juan Tafalla but instead, all his materials and paintings were in the Archives of the Royal Botanical Gardens of MadridReal Jardín Botánico de Madrid
The is an botanical garden located at , next to the Prado Museum in Madrid ....
, waiting to be discovered. Dr. Eduardo Estrella Aguirre was in the Archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Madrid Spain in 1985 where In the documentary of the "Division IV" corresponding to the expedition of Ruiz and Pavon in Peru and Chile, Eduardo Estrella found a lot of descriptions of plants whose origin corresponded to places belonging to the Royal Audience of Quito.
This was a job that took over three years of almost non stop work in the archives before Dr. Estrella to uncover the mystery. The folios in the archives of the Royal Botanical Gardens of Madrid, Spain were numbered and contained the mysterious initials FH and differed from others that did not correspond to the flora of the Royal Court, and had the initials FP Still nothing was clear, but there was sufficient evidence to consider that was the trail of something important and this let to the publishing of the Flora Huayaquilensis
Flora Huayaquilensis
Flora Huayaquilensis is the popular name for the body of work produced by the botanist Juan José Tafalla during his time in South America.Juan José Tafalla Navascués made one of the first expeditions to South America by a Spaniard that documented plants of South America. His unpublished works had...
and after 200 years, Dr. Eduardo Estrella
Eduardo Estrella Aguirre
Eduardo Estrella Aguirre was an Ecuadorian doctor and researcher who published Flora Huayaquilensis: The Botanical Expedition of Juan Tafalla 1799-1808....
finally published the hard work and giving the credit to the expedition of Juan José Tafalla Navascués.