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Episodes tagged "epidemic": 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. 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...

  2. Spanish Influenza Aspirin Scare
    date October, 1918 to 1918map Jefferson, Alabamatags Medicine/Health, epidemic, influenza

    In 1918 the American Bayer aspirin manufacturer ran an advertisement in the October 18, 1918 edition of the Birmingham News, assuring readers that “the manufacture of Bayer-Tablets and Capsules of Aspirin is completely under American control.” They wanted to assure readers that they were “being operated as a 100% American concern” and that the overseers of that operation were all “native...

  3. The Forgotten Plague
    date March 1, 1832map ROSS, Ohiotags letter, influenza, epidemic, Ohio, 1832

    In present day, the “flu” is more commonly consider an inconvenient virus, which puts one out of commission for a day or two. But in 1832, influenza frequently ran its full course causing respiratory failure and death. In a letter from Fanny Wilson Johnson to her sister Eliza, Fanny discussed their father’s health, church happenings, and town affairs. Amidst her small talk, written sideways in...