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- From: yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo)
- Subject: Re: Smallpox transmission, Syphilis Origin
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.162344.37887@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:23:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.220449.1@cubldr.colorado.edu> parson_r@cubldr.colorado.edu (Robert Parson) writes:
- >
- >2. Has any consensus been reached about whether syphilis originated in
- > the New World? Those same encyclopedias were noncommittal on this.
- >
- According to the history books that I read, syphilis was contracted
- by Spanish conquistators while conquering the New World. The
- Spanish conquistators brought smallpox to the natives of the New World.
- Smallpox had a devastating effect on the natives.
-
- The Spanish also brought back tomatoes to Europe. The Italian word for
- the tomato is 'pomadoro' (which means 'golden apple')
- A good book on this subject is "The seeds of change". I believe that
- there is also an exhibition on this topic at the Smithsonian Institute.
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- Ralph Yozzo (yozzo@watson.ibm.com)
- From the beautiful and historic Mid-Hudson Valley area of NY state
-