In a summer of panic and death in 1878, more than half the population of Memphis, Tennessee, fled the yellow fever epidemic. In her account, Crosby profiles several scientists, some of whom died in their fight to identify the cause of this disease that remains a threat to this very day.
The end of a scourge 'The prayer that has been mine for twenty years, that I might be permitted in some way or some time to do something to alleviate human suffering, has been answered' - Major Walter Reed, writing to his wife, New Year's Eve, 1900. As he wrote to his wife of his stunning success in the mission to identify the cause of yellow ...
"The yellow fever is raging in Philadelphia in 1793, and 14-year-old Lep, who yearns to be a doctor, accompanies his mentor, Dr. Peale, to the city. . . . The portrayal of Lep is especially noteworthy, as Fleischman uses the character to depict the ideology, science and myth revolving around the practice of medicine in the late 1700s".--ALA ...
Important and Timely Information Related to the Social Studies and Health Curricula These in-depth and informative books examine the nature of these diseases and the devastating effects they have had on populations throughout the world and throughout history. From the earliest infections like malaria to modern-day health crises such as AIDS, these ...
Deanne Stephens Nuwer explores the social, political, racial, and economic consequences of the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi. A mild winter, a long spring, and a torrid summer produced conditions favoring the Aedes aegypti mosquito and spread of fever. In late July, New Orleans newspapers reported the epidemic and upriver officials ...
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