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1 day ago · The following summer, yellow fever returned along with mosquitos, but it did not reach epidemic proportions. It was not until 1798 that the disease spread in the city with fury. Around 2,000 would ...
3 days ago · 1. Yellow Fever. The quarantine station on Staten Island. Image from New York Public Library. In August 1793, a yellow fever epidemic hit Philadelphia, killing around 5,000 residents out of 50,000 ...
Apr 17, 2024 · Yellow fever became a large problem in the 16th and 17th centuries, when the active slave trade between West Africa and the Americas imported the disease into the Western Hemisphere. Settlers in the colonies were not immune to the disease, and common symptoms of fever, muscular aches and vomiting struck the population hard.
Apr 22, 2024 · Typhoid fever was being experienced in Army training camps in epidemic proportions. It took the Typhoid Board two years to fully identify the cause and support their findings. After Dr. Reed’s time on the Typhoid Board, he was appointed the head of another Army board to investigate the infectious diseases in Cuba, particularly yellow fever.
3 days ago · This was the founding of the Sisters of the Holy Family, the second congregation of Black women in the United States. The women suffered severe poverty in the first years, even as their apostolate expanded. They were also noted for their care for orphans and the sick during the 1853 yellow fever epidemic.
Apr 26, 2024 · The loss of both her parents put Wells in the position of taking care of her five siblings. The 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic ravaged the South and especially the port cities and distribution hubs up and down the Delta. Over 4,000 died in New Orleans, 1,000 in Vicksburg, and over 5,000 in Memphis.
May 1, 2024 · John Snow (born March 15, 1813, York, Yorkshire, England—died June 16, 1858, London) was an English physician known for his seminal studies of cholera and widely viewed as the father of contemporary epidemiology. His best-known studies include his investigation of London ’s Broad Street pump outbreak, which occurred in 1854, and his ...
