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Episodes tagged "Yellow Fever": 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. History of Yellow Fever
    date November, 1875 to December, 1900map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags Yellow Fever, Civil War

    The essay, “The History of Yellow Fever”, was written by Philip S. Hench, for the purpose of portraying the history, cause, and tragedies that people experienced when infected with the disease. It also contained information for Americans explaining how Yellow Fever originated and what measures the government took to prevent the disease from resurfacing in later years. The article was written after...

  2. Yellow Fever Attacks Philadelphia, 1793.
    date August 3, 1973 to October 28, 1973map Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniatags Thomas Jefferson, epidemic, Yellow Fever, Benjamin Rush

    In 1793, Philadelphia was the site of the most fearsome epidemic to strike the young nation. By July, the city's inhabitants were remarking on the extraordinary number of flies and mosquitoes that swarmed around the dock area. Caribbean refugees brought Yellow Fever. In one epidemic alone, 5,000 residents — nearly one-tenth of the population — perished. Hardly a family was untouched. Many people...

  3. Fall Illness on the Greene County Plantation - Flu or Yellow Fever?
    date September 28, 1847 to October 26, 1847map GREENE, Alabamatags Illness, Yellow Fever, plantation, Slavery

         In the “Cameron Plantation Letters” there are numerous references to the health of the slaves living on the Greene County Alabama plantation.  There are one hundred or so letters in the University of North Carolina collection that are catalogued on the website ‘The Plantation Letters, Interpreting Antebellum Plantation Life’. I found thirty-five that directly referenced the health...