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Columbus and the New World : medical implications / edited by Guy A. Settipane.

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  1. Columbus and the New World : medical implications / edited by Guy A. Settipane.
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  1. Providence, RI : OceanSide Publications, 1995.

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Additional authors
  1. Settipane, Guy A.
Description
  1. xxi, 125 pages : illustrations
Summary
  1. Publisher Provided Annotation
Subject
  1. Columbus, Christopher
  2. Medicine > America > History
  3. Diseases > America > History
  4. Diseases and history > America
  5. Celebrities
  6. Public health > North America > History
  7. Communicable diseases > North America > History
  8. Indians > Health and hygiene > History. > North America
  9. Disease Outbreaks > history
  10. Communicable Diseases > history
  11. Famous Persons
  12. Santé publique > Amérique du Nord > Histoire
  13. Maladies infectieuses > Amérique du Nord > Histoire
  14. Peuples autochtones > Santé et hygiène > Histoire. > Amérique du Nord
  15. Médecine > Amérique > Histoire
  16. Maladies > Amérique > Histoire
  17. Maladies et histoire > Amérique
  18. Célébrités
  19. Indians > Health and hygiene
  20. Public health
  21. Communicable diseases
  22. Discoveries in geography
  23. Diseases
  24. Diseases and history
  25. Medicine
  26. America > Discovery and exploration
  27. North America
  28. Amérique > Découverte et exploration
  29. Amérique du Nord
  30. America
Genre/Form
  1. History
Contents
  1. Columbus : medical implications / Guy A. Settipane -- The role of epidemic diseases in the discovery of America / Peter J. Bianchine and Thomas A. Russo -- Epidemic hecatomb in the New World / Plutarco Naranjo -- Mechanism of disease transmission to native Indians / Guy A. Settipane and Thomas A. Russo -- The voyage of Columbus led to the spread of syphilis to Europe / Michael H. Grieco -- On the American Indian origin of syphilis : fallacies and errors / Plutarco Naranjo -- Genetic differences between Europeans and Indians : tissue and blood types / Clara Gorodezky -- Fauna, flora, fowl, and fruit : effects of the Colombian exchange on the allergic response of New and Old World inhabitants / John E. Salvaggio -- New World plants, New World drugs / Mark Blumenthal -- European animal diseases brought to the New World / R. Allen Packer -- Contribution of the New World food to the world supply / Michael Fondu and Jean-Claude Dillon -- Early Spanish physicians and hospitals in Cuba / Marcos A. Iglesias -- Spain, Portugal, Christopher Columbus, and the Jewish physician : introduction ; Spain, Portugal, Christopher Columbus, and the Jewish physician : the inquisition and expulsion ; Spain, Portugal, Christopher Columbus, and the Jewish physician : Spanish-Portuguese physicians in the diaspora / Sheldon G. Cohen -- Portugal's contribution to navigation and discovery of the New World / Manuel Luciano da Silva.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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