A Melancholy Scene of Devastation: The Public Response to the 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic Hardcover Ingrid Rowland

Ingrid Rowland

and the most striking objects for such a comparison will probably be those which present themselves in a sudden transition from one extreme to the other

" Epidemiological investigation superseded speculation about why the white man was more susceptible to local diseases

sometimes to the accompaniment of sarcastic comments by newspaper editors

After obtaining a degree from the Harvard Medical School in 1818

A Melancholy Scene of Devastation: The Public Response to the 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic Hardcover Ingrid RowlandEstes, J. Worth, and Billy G. Smith, eds., 2013, xii + 212pp., Illus., paperback In modern America, where the triumph over disease is often taken for granted and yellow fever has ceased to be a menace, it is difficult to appreciate the fear once engendered by this disease. The 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic was no mere round of sickness but a major public health emergency that paralyzed city functions, halted business and trade, and caused a