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It took more than 100 years for scientists to figure out what caused yellow fever — hint, it was not the rotting coffee on the wharfs. Join us as we conclude our tour with a walk through this cemetery ...
Yellow fever appeared in the U.S. in the late 17th century. The deadly virus continued to strike cities, ... Philadelphia; August-November 1793; approximately 5,000 dead ...
“Just walking through a grave site of the yellow fever victims, it really kind of hits home,” he said. Several students were baffled by 18th-century medical beliefs, especially the prevailing theory ...
The answer, says Randall B. Clark, is “an emphatic yes”: the politics around the yellow-fever epidemic of 1793. The onset of yellow fever that year was more intense than previous epidemics and ...
After learning about how yellow fever epidemic sparked fear and confusion in 1793 Philadelphia, Bath Middle School eight graders said they felt comforted to learn the U.S. has overcome pandemics ...
In 1793, yellow fever ravaged Philadelphia. The deadly disease touched nearly everyone in the city: young and old, white and African American, wealthy and poor, religious and secular.
Fever 1793. by Laurie Halse Anderson ages 10 and up. ... 5,000 people -- one out of every 10 residents of the city then serving as the nation's capital -- had died of yellow fever.
Yellow fever appeared in the U.S. in the late 17th century. The deadly virus continued to strike cities, ... Philadelphia; August-November 1793; approximately 5,000 dead ...
It was hot in Philadelphia during the summer of 1793 — very hot. And the soaring temperatures complicated life in the city. Foul smells of rotting refuse and waste permeated ...