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To understand the historical problem of diagnosing and treating Yellow Fever, students will work with primary sources to learn how people (including Dr. Rush) felt, thought, and acted about Yellow Fever in 1793.
The first major American yellow fever epidemic hit Philadelphia in July 1793 and peaked during the first weeks of October. Philadelphia, then the nation’s capital, was the most cosmopolitan city in the United States.
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During the 1793 Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia, 5,000 or more people were listed in the register of deaths between August 1 and November 9. The vast majority of them died of yellow fever, making the epidemic in the city of 50,000 people one of the most severe in United States history.
May 28, 2020 · The yellow fever epidemics that struck American cities soon after the birth of the nation left a powerful mark in the historical record. That mark is visible in books, newspapers, maps and more at the Library, but especially in the papers of members of George Washington’s administration.
Dr. Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia’s most eminent physician, saw a number of cases that exhibited jaundice and hemorrhagic fever, including the daughter of a colleague (Dr. Hugh Hodge).
Those who could not escape the city witnessed grisly scenes of sickness and death round seemingly every street corner. Yellow Fever claimed 5,000 lives, or ten percent of Philadelphia’s population, between August 1 and November 9, 1793. Yellow Fever is a virus transmitted between humans by mosquitoes.
Oct 25, 2019 · Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793: ‘All was not right in our city.’ Join us on an audio walking tour through Philadelphia's Old City to discover how the yellow fever epidemic challenged the city’s health and political infrastructure.
