Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

small group of Military and nurses at Scutar hospital. They found that the cleaner the work environment was the lower the death rate was, and with the right nutritional foods they would heal faster. It wasn't till 1793 that men started to take a role in nursing, when the Yellow Fever epidemic started. In the 20th century hospitals started establishing personal training schools to…

eighteenth century housewife, she did help her husband with his legal papers on occasion. They had two children, John Payne (Payne) and William Temple. Sadly, both her husband and her younger son died on the same day due to the devastating yellow fever epidemic of…

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