Disease in colonial America
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disease-in-colonial-america-182-13344586
title:
Disease in colonial America
text:
Disease in colonial America that afflicted the early immigrant settlers was a dangerous threat to life. Some of the diseases were new and treatments were ineffective. Malaria was deadly to many new arrivals, especially in the Southern colonies. Of newly arrived able-bodied young men, over one-fourth of the Anglican missionaries died within five years of their arrival in the Carolinas. Mortality was high for infants and small children, especially for diphtheria, smallpox, yellow fever, and malari
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Overview of diseases in colonial America
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_in_colonial_America
date created:
2008-12-01T14:11:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T13:07:57Z
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