The Yellow Fever Of 1793

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Yellow Fever Essay

Like a shadow, the plague of 1793 crept up on the people of Philadelphia. The yellow fever of 1793 destroyed thousands of lives in the city of Philadelphia. The Fever was brought there by infected mosquitoes that laid eggs at the bottom of ships from different places. Around 2,000 to 5,000 died. At this time, there were only Philadelphia doctors and French doctors and their treatments were completely different But they both were said to be a cure.

Although a lot of treatments were unalike, some of them were the same like keeping the patient cool and clean. The Doctors still worked their lives away trying to find a cure was like finding a needle in a haystack. The French Doctors told the patients

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