ABSTRACT
Florentine Codex
compiled by the Franciscan monk
Fray Bernardino de Sahagun
. Also important are the work of the Spanish physician
Francisco Hernandez
and an herbal guide written in Nahuatl by the Aztec healer
Martin de la Cruz
from Tezcoco, which was translated into Latin by
Juan Badiano
and sent to the King of Spain, Philip II, in 1552 (see Heinrich et al., 1998).
