Among the Cross-Cultural Intellectual Exchanges Between China and Europe, Variolation

question 37

Multiple Choice

Among the cross-cultural intellectual exchanges between China and Europe, variolation was

• A) when diplomats spontaneously combusted.
• B) an early form of inoculation against smallpox.
• C) the bilingual printing of trade contracts.
• D) drawing maps that showed the Eastern as well as the Western world.
• E) a means by which Chinese physicians compared European anatomy to that of Asians.

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