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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: 614.5 41 097481109033 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took in Pennsylvania, relating the epidemic to the major social and political events of the day and to 18th-century medical beliefs and practices.
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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Inc., by arrangement with Clarion Books Call No: 614.5 MURPHY Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Publisher Description Summary Note: Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.