title: [Useful regime against the plague (ca. 1496)--an introduction].
abstract: This introductory text analyzes Regimento proveitoso contra a pestilência, written in Portugal around 1496. The work is situated within the context of the era's main theories and of medieval medical thought, based on the Arab tradition.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo. pratadesouza@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Jorge Prata
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: da Costa
mesh_terms: D049668:History, 15th Century; D010930:Plague / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D011174:Portugal; D013782:Textbooks as Topic / Q000266:history*