Smallpox in Aztec Society: Codex Mendoza Illustration of Disease and Treatment #3674921 (License: Personal Use)

This woodcut-style illustration, plate 114 from the Codex Mendoza, visually documents the catastrophic spread of smallpox among the Nahua people following Spanish contact. The panels show a healer tending to an afflicted individual, followed by progressive stages of the disease: full-body pustular eruption, deterioration, and death. The zigzag-patterned mats and indigenous attire reflect pre-Hispanic cultural context, while the clinical detail suggests European-influenced documentation methods.

Used in academic, museum, and educational contexts to illustrate colonial-era epidemiology, Indigenous medical knowledge, and visual documentation of pandemics. Matches user intent for historical medicine, Mesoamerican studies, or public health history research.