a Eurocentric worldview.

一个欧洲中心主义的世界观
It was initially not responsive to specific locations,

它当初是没有特定位置的反应
as the tropics were artificially constructed

作为热带地区一些单一的地区
as some single homogeneous place.

被人为地兴建
The natives of the tropics were also conceptualized

热带地区的土著也将一些莫名其妙的危险
as somehow dangerous, harboring a vast array of lethal

给概念化了
and highly contagious diseases.

窝藏了繁多致命的和高传染性的疾病
Another implication was that tropical medicine was concerned,

另一个含义是热带医学广受关注
in the early decades of the new century,

在新世纪的早期几十年
primarily overwhelmingly, with the help of Europeans--

在主要方面是不可抵抗的
settlers, administrators, missionaries and soldiers.

欧洲移民和管理者教士和士兵的支持
There was little concern for the health of the indigenous population.

土著人口的健康极少受人关注