About this title: In 1793 a disastrous plague of yellow fever paralyzed Philadelphia, killing thousands of residents and bringing the nation's capital city to a standstill. In this psychological portrait of a city in terror, J. H. Powell presents a penetrating study of human nature revealing itself. Bring Out Your Dead is an absorbing account, form the original ...
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Edition: Special edition, Time Reading program.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Time inc., New York
Date Published: 1965
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. 1965 Time soft cover. Typical ex-lib stamps, labels, cardholder. Pages are clean & bright with some reading wear, taped spine, moderate to heavy edgewear & cover scuffing. 326 p. Includes Portraits. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 307-314) read more
Edition: 1965 reissue of c1949 ed.
Binding: paperback
Publisher: New York: Time Inc
Description: 326pp. illus. paperback: Good [ink name of previous owner in a couple of places; some age browning; very minimal highlighting of text in a couple of places; else a complete & tight copy] read more
Edition: Special edition, Time Reading program.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Time inc., New York
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Nice soft cover, lightly read, some shelf wear to cover, light creases on spine, bend on bottom corner of first page, slight slant to book, library stamps & stickers, stk #2334oo. xxiii, 326 p. ports., 20 cm. Includes Portraits. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 307-314) read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Time Incorporated 1965
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very nice trade size paperback printing. This is made with heavy paperback wraps on book. No alien writing inside. Nice tight binding. 326 pages. read more
Edition: Special edition, Time Reading program.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Time inc., New York
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Price clipped. small price in ink on cover near clipped corner no marks inside. xxiii, 326 p. ports., 20 cm. Includes Portraits. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 307-314) This is the OVERSIZED stiff softcover stated Time Edition from 1965 read more
"With yellow fever spreading in South America, I figured I'd look at how it affected things here during one outbreak in Philadelphia in 1793.
It was pretty much your typical chaos, with an exodus of people who were able to leave and a long, challenging time for those who couldn't. While describing the progress of the outbreak and the way those still around dealt with it (they made their own government!), the book also emphasizes the state of medicine and the place of physicians in society at that time. This was before germ theory, so they were really at a loss to fight the disease. In fact, they had to stick it out until the first frost killed all the mosquitoes.
My job has brought pandemic preparedness into my life, so I thought I'd see what we've done in the past."
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