*History

Image of a Mesoamerican infected with smallpox; illustrated panel from the Florentine Codex, a compendium of information on Aztec people and history by Bernardino de Sahagún, a 16th-century Spanish Franciscan missionary. [Click image for original source of web image]

In your group, use the worksheet to help you "read like a historian." A representative from each group will describe their document to the class and comment on how it helps us to understand the nature of medicine and society in its historical context.