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Apr 4, 2012 · Fever: 1793 (1790-1820): Directed by Nick Briscoe. With William Bryant Jr., Leonard Dozier, Barbara Edwards, JaQuinley Kerr. Documents the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793, a disease that ravaged Philadelphia and led to the death of over 5,000 citizens.
- Nick Briscoe
- 2012-04-04
- History
From the Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. 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. Two thousand free Black people ...
Apr 3, 2012 · Yellow Fever Couldn’t Keep Philadelphia Down Watch the story of our stubborn roots in Fever 1793, airing on 6 ABC at 7:30 p.m. on April 4th. By Sam Katz · 4/3/2012, 11:29 a.m.
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793: Fears & Falsehoods: With Lindsay Graham. In September 1793, yellow fever continued to ravage Philadelphia. As the death toll mounted, Dr. Benjamin Rush raced to find a cure.
- Family, History
- 40
- 2022-11-09
- Lindsay Graham
Yellow Fever: Directed by James Davey. With Walter Staib. In the summer of 1793, a terrible plague swept through Philadelphia. Yellow Fever wiped out ten percent of the population.
- James Davey
- 2011
- History
- 23
May 28, 2020 · Her interest was personal. In the summer of 1793 when a devastating yellow fever epidemic hit Philadelphia she was in the city, then the U.S. capital, as the wife of the president. Carey, a publisher and bookseller, was also there. He joined a committee that helped the poor and sick who stayed behind when the wealthy fled.
A Spotlight on a Primary Source by Unknown Correspondent. Between August 1 and November 9, 1793, approximately 11,000 people contracted yellow fever in the US capital of Philadelphia. Of that number, 5,000 people, 10 percent of the city’s population, died. The disease gets its name from the jaundiced eyes and skin of the victims.
