How did Aztecs become Christians after the Conquest?
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Did the ancient Maya invent the first comics?
In poetry weeping and singing both generated noise...
What if the Aztecs had defeated the Spanish?
The famous obsidian Aztec jar in the form of a spider monkey
Does femicide have pre-Hispanic roots?
Experts give their opinions on the Spanish Conquest
The Aztec language has traded with Spanish a whole host of words
Guess what English children think a Mexica chocolate whisk is...!
What do the elements in the 20 Aztec day signs represent?
There’s only one Aztec drawing of the (fig) paper tree
Spooked by a ghost? Here’s how to frighten it away...
Why would a Catholic priest build an Aztec pyramid?
The noise from the great market could be heard miles away...
How do the Aztecs fare in Empire-Building Video Games?
An extraordinary ancient Mexican wind resonator
Molluscs were both useful and symbolic in the Mexica empire
Cacao use among the Pre-Hispanic Maya
The 20 day signs formed a precious necklace...
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Introduction
Aztec advances (5): treating bone fractures NEW
Aztec advances (4): treating arthritic pain
‘Obsidian medicine’
Aztec advances (3): diet: blue-green algae
Aztec advances (2): dentistry
Aztec advances (1): anatomical knowledge
Health Profiles: Aztec Warrior v Spanish Conquistador
Mexican herbal medicines
Herbal Medicine, Aztec Style
Aztec Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Part 1
Where Aztecs Meet Scientists
Plants used for reproductive health among the modern-day Nahua
Las enfermedades mentales son enfermedades del corazón
UK/further resources on Aztec medicine
Aztec/Mexica traditional steam bath or ‘temazcal’

UK/further resources on Aztec medicine

Here are one or two little known sources of further information on Aztec/Mexica health and medicine, both UK-based and international; in English and Spanish...

Network for Indigenous Mexican Studies at Sheffield University
Network of practitioners of traditional Mexica healers in the UK
Read ‘An Aztec Herbal: The Classic Codex of 1552’ by William Gates, online
‘Megadrought and Megadeath in 16th Century Mexico’
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