Description: This text challenges the common hypothesis that the Aztecs' decimation by European conquistadors was due to their poor health, nutrition, and inability to effectively treat diseases. Historians and researchers have speculated that overcrowding, starvation, and disease susceptibility in the Valley of Mexico made the Aztecs vulnerable to European conquest. Some even suggested that the Aztecs resorted to ritual human sacrifice as a major protein source due to food scarcity. However, Bernard Ortiz de Montellano refutes these ideas, arguing that the Aztecs were, in fact, thriving, well-nourished, and healthy at the time of the Conquest. He points out that they had a sophisticated agricultural system, effective health measures, and a coherent set of medical beliefs, negating the need for cannibalism for protein. Therefore, the swift and brutal success of the conquistadors cannot be attributed to the ill-health or medical incompetence of the Aztecs.
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Publication Year: 1990
Type: Textbook
Format: Trade Paperback
Subject Area: History of Medicine
Language: English
Book Title: Aztec Medicine and Health, and Nutrition
Publication Name: Aztec Medicine and Health, and Nutrition
Author: Bernard Ortiz De Montellano
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Subject: Anthropology
Number of Pages: 308 Pages
