AS.140.105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Columbian Exchange, Typhoid Fever, Gout

• School: JHU
• Department: AS History of Science & Technology, AS History, AS Public Health Studies
• Course: AS.140.105
• Professor: Le Jacq, Seth Stein

Document Summary

Impact of early modern exploration and exchange outside of the european continent. New world refers to the western hemisphere term used by europeans. There was a belief that there was no disease for which god did not provide a cure: cures were located close to where the disease was prevalent. 1492 columbus sails to the new world (west indies thinking he had arrived in india) Trade of spices and herbs in and out of the spice islands generated a huge amount of revenue. Opened up a new world of drugs and medicinal herbs a global economic system with vast trade networks. Ulrich von hutten was a major scholar and critic of the catholic church criticized the mercury cure and praised guaiacum as a much more effective cure with milder side effects (as he used it himself) Jakob fugger had a large trading empire and banking practice, lending money to a lot of.