CLINICAL MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -The ‘Great Dying’ was triggered by the arrival of Europeans and the introduction of new pathogens to the continent. Together, with warfare and slavery, there was an epidemic of diseases such as smallpox, measles, influenza and cholera.

Detailed explanation-2: -The widespread epidemics, along with warfare, famine and slavery killed off an estimated 54.5 million people-approximately 90% of the indigenous population. This widespread death of the Native American people has become known as the “Great Dying.”

Detailed explanation-3: -An estimated 18, 000, 000 Native Americans lived in North America before the 17th Century. As explorers and settlers arrived from Europe, a tidal wave of disease, especially in the years 1616-1619, reduced the native population by up to 90 percent.

Detailed explanation-4: -Disease Spreads Among Indigenous Populations The pigs aboard Columbus’ ships in 1493 immediately spread swine flu, which sickened Columbus and other Europeans and proved deadly to the native Taino population on Hispaniola, who had no prior exposure to the virus.