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Columbus and the New World : medical implications / edited by Guy A. Settipane.
- Title
- Columbus and the New World : medical implications / edited by Guy A. Settipane.
- Publication
- Providence, RI : OceanSide Publications, 1995.
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| Text | Request in advance | R150 .C65 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Settipane, Guy A.
- Description
- xxi, 125 pages : illustrations
- Summary
- Publisher Provided Annotation
- Subject
- Columbus, Christopher
- Medicine > America > History
- Diseases > America > History
- Diseases and history > America
- Celebrities
- Public health > North America > History
- Communicable diseases > North America > History
- Indians > Health and hygiene > History. > North America
- Disease Outbreaks > history
- Communicable Diseases > history
- Famous Persons
- Santé publique > Amérique du Nord > Histoire
- Maladies infectieuses > Amérique du Nord > Histoire
- Peuples autochtones > Santé et hygiène > Histoire. > Amérique du Nord
- Médecine > Amérique > Histoire
- Maladies > Amérique > Histoire
- Maladies et histoire > Amérique
- Célébrités
- Indians > Health and hygiene
- Public health
- Communicable diseases
- Discoveries in geography
- Diseases
- Diseases and history
- Medicine
- America > Discovery and exploration
- North America
- Amérique > Découverte et exploration
- Amérique du Nord
- America
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780936587073
- 0936587075
- LCCN
- 94069156
- OCLC
- 33023414
- SCSB-10925843
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library