Title:
Pilgrims diseases
Date:
ND
Scope & Content:
Typewritten transcript regarding diseases affecting the Pilgrims.
Early writers could and did say with some degree of truthfulness that when they first arrived they found New England comparatively free from disease, and that they and their neighbors were frequently cured of old disorders and enjoyed unusual good health.
3 pages
Early writers could and did say with some degree of truthfulness that when they first arrived they found New England comparatively free from disease, and that they and their neighbors were frequently cured of old disorders and enjoyed unusual good health.
3 pages
Object ID:
DOC.ND03302
Object Name:
Article
Collection:
Medicine – Beliefs, Education, Etc.
People:
Columbus
Higginson, Rev. Francis
Higginson, Rev. Francis
Search Terms:
diseases
smallpox
syphilus
typhoid
bubonic plague
smallpox
syphilus
typhoid
bubonic plague