The Yellow Fever Epidemic started in the year of 1793. The year was the hottest summer Philadelphia had seen yet and the humidity was unbearable. Several sections of Philly’s swamps were infested with mosquitoes and the swamp’s smells carried on throughout the city and the mosquitoes followed. o Symptoms= Flu-like symptons (headache,fever and backache) o Slow and weak pulse o Bleeding of gums o Bloody Urine o Jaundice
Refugees from the Caribbean which was a yellow fever epidemic came to Philly and were reported the ones who carried the disease to Philly.
Before dying patients became delirious due to the internal bleeding in their digestive tract which caushed the bloody vomit.
100 people everyday were dying because of this mysterious virus
Refugees from the Caribbean which was a yellow fever epidemic came to Philly and were reported the ones who carried the disease to Philly.
Before dying patients became delirious due to the internal bleeding in their digestive tract which caushed the bloody vomit.
100 people everyday were dying because of this mysterious virus