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4 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...
3 hours ago · Abstract. New York City’s diverse, resilient people and its commercial prowess focus this chapter. Explorers describe early contact: food and furs offered as trade, and native practices including seasonal migration. The Dutch East India Company commercialized trade, its forts becoming settlements. Europeans introduced their animals, crops ...
5 days ago · Laboratory testing for tickborne disease includes serology and nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT). The appropriate testing strategy depends on the suspected infection and duration of symptoms. However, when certain tickborne illnesses (eg, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever) are suspected based on clinical ...
4 days ago · 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. This disease was ravaging the camps of soldiers in Cuba.
1 day ago · To N. by W. Mount Nerkonji, previously mentioned as Niakanja, long seen by us; to W. by S., Mount Konnobih; behind it, in the far distance, the mountain-chain of Kugelù; to S.W., the rocky mountain, Korek; behind which the before-named mountain-chain still extends, and is lost in misty heights.
5 days ago · The French Revolutionary Wars ( French: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and several other countries. The wars are divided into two periods: the War of the ...
4 days ago · The disease is similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever and can be life threatening. The most common symptoms are sudden high fever, tiredness, major muscle aches, severe headache, and, in some cases, a rash (similar to the symptoms of Lyme Disease). Symptoms usually appear 3 to 16 days after a tick bite.
