ABSTRACT

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 that was translated into Latin by

Juan Badiano

and sent to the King of Spain, Philip II, in 1552 (see Heinrich et al., 1998).