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The stage was now set for the French West Indies’ greatest hero, Victor Schoelcher.
Columbus believed that he had reached the East Indies and mistakenly called these people Indians.
Aristolochia rugosa and Aristolochia trilobata are recorded in a list of plants used worldwide and in the West Indies, Venezuela, South and Central America against snakebites and scorpion stings [ 51 52 24 43 40 53 ] . Caribs in Guatemala use Aristolochia trilobata root and tuber decoctions for stomach pains and use leaf tinctures for diarrhoea [ 55 ] . Aristolochic acid inhibits inflammation induced by immune complexes, and nonimmunological agents (carrageenan or croton oil) [ 56 ] . Aristolochic acid inhibits the activity of snake venom phospholipase (PLA 2 ) by forming a 1:1 complex with the enzyme [ 56 40 38 ] . Since phospholipase enzymes play a significant part in the cascade leading to the inflammatory and pain response, their inhibition could lead to relief of problems from scorpion envenomation [ 11 ] .
More than half the hospitals' staffs were immigrants, mainly from India, Pakistan, and the West Indies, who were experiencing difficulties in understanding the natives.
By the 17th century pirate attacks prompted the building of extensive city defenses — colossal forts, a chain across the harbor mouth, and prominent city walls — making Havana the “Bulwark of the West Indies.”