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Feb 2, 2022 · Malaria. Malaria is an infectious disease caused by parasites transmitted by mosquito bites. Common symptoms of the disease are fever, tiredness, vomiting, headache and in severe cases, yellow skin, seizures, and death. Cases of malaria were much more prominent in the South in the 18th and 19th centuries with the warmer, wetter climates that ...
Jan 31, 2018 · William Osler, “On the study of tuberculosis,” 1900 . Adelaide Dutcher, “Where the Danger lies in Tuberculosis,” 1900 . William Osler, “The Home in Relation to the Tuberculosis Problem,” 1903 . NYC health department notice, 1894. Mandatory registration and other measures were not as effective in controlling TB as advocates had hoped.
Jan 1, 2004 · The early years of organized U.S. pediatrics were marked by a number of landmark advances in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases of children, with substantial reduction in infant ...
Leading Causes of Death, 1900-1998 The tables on the following pages represent the leading causes of death in the death registration area for the period 1900-1932 and the United States for the period 1933-1998. Since the tables were produced at different times and for different publications, the formatting and even the
Oct 23, 2018 · By 1795, Yellow fever was making its way through New York City. The true cause of yellow fever was unknown at the time. Many thought the disease was spread by consuming or inhaling the fumes of rotting food or coffee. Others believed the illness was imported from the West Indies. The press was reluctant to publish the extent of yellow fever due ...
Jul 2, 2012 · published 2 July 2012. The 20th century saw big strides in defeating many illnesses, but heart disease and cancer are still the major causes of death in the United States.(Image credit: Ross Toro ...
Nov 1, 2009 · Abstract. Four major diseases stigmatized the American South in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: yellow fever, malaria, hookworm, and pellagra. Each disease contributed to the inhibition of ...
