Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange Ý

K. Kipple, "Disease Conquers the New World"

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Smallpox Epidemic

Durer's "The Syphilitic"

Treating Syphilis

Health Profiles of an Aztec Warrior and a Conquistador

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Discussion Questions

What was the Columbian Exchange?
Was the disease exchange of 1492 an equal one?
What would happen to our society if it were struck by a deadly epidemic that killed 90% of its victims? How would we explain the disease? How would we react?

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