La construcción del discurso científico sobre plantas
medicinales en el Viaje a Nueva Granada de Charles Saffray

Sonia Lucia Bailini

doi:10.30687/978-88-6969-939-9/016

La construcción del discurso científico sobre plantas medicinales en el Viaje a Nueva Granada de Charles Saffray

Sonia Lucia Bailini^*

^*Corresponding author

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Abstract

This essay reflects on how the cultural biases of nineteenth-century\r\nEuropean doctors influenced the appropriation of indigenous knowledge about medicinal plants. The text analyzed is the travel diary Viaje a Nueva Granada (1869) by the French physician Charles Saffray. His descriptions of the flora are representative examples of the validation processes that come into play in the construction of scientific discourse on the interpretation of traditional indigenous medicine.

Original language	Spanish
Title of host publication	Hipócrates y sus artificios. Enfermedad,medicina y narración en las literaturas y culturas hispánicas e hispanoamericanas
Publisher	Ca' Foscari
Pages	203-214
Number of pages	12
Volume	42
ISBN (Print)	978-88-6969-939-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-939-9/016
Publication status	Published - 2025

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Cultural Studies
Language and Linguistics
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Literature and Literary Theory

Keywords

Charles Saffray. Reino de Nueva Granada.
Scientific discourse
Traditional indigenous medicine
Travel diaries.

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10.30687/978-88-6969-939-9/016

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