MCQ IN 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: -Even before the formation of Plymouth Colony–between about 1616 and 1619–our people suffered an epidemic that’s now sometimes known as the Great Dying. The illness was introduced by European colonizers, and it was one that had never existed on this continent before.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1492, Columbus brought the Eastern and Western Hemispheres back together. The resulting swap of Old and New World germs, animals, plants, peoples, and cultures has been called the “Columbian Exchange.” Humans from Asia probably first entered the Western Hemisphere between 20, 000 and 30, 000 years ago.