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A Short Account of the Malignant Fever [1] A Short Account of the Malignant Fever (1793) was a pamphlet published by Mathew Carey (January 28, 1760 – September 16, 1839) about the outbreak of the Yellow Fever epidemic Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia in the United States. The first pamphlet of 12 pages was later expanded in three ...
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 is a 2003 nonfiction adolescent history by author Jim Murphy published by Clarion Books. An American Plague was one of the finalists in the 2003 National Book Award and was a 2004 Newbery Honor Book. It portrays the agony and pain this disease brought upon ...
In 1793, there was an outbreak of yellow fever in Philadelphia. Although many other well-to-do citizens chose to leave the city, Girard stayed to care for the sick and dying. He supervised the conversion of a mansion outside the city limits into a hospital and recruited volunteers to nurse victims, and personally cared for patients.
Anne Parrish was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 17, 1760. [1] Her family was prominent in the Philadelphia Quaker community. Her mother, Sarah Mitchell, would later attend meetings of her organization, and her father Isaac Parrish was a hatmaker. [2] Parrish's brother Joseph (1779–1840) went on to become a physician. [3]
The Fever of 1721: The Epidemic that Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-8308-6. Fenn, Elizabeth A. (2001). Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775–82. Hill and Wang. ISBN 0-8090-7821-X. Filsinger, Amy Lynn; Dwek, Raymond (2009). "George Washington and the First Mass Military Inoculation".
The National Gazette unofficially stopped publishing in October 1793, two years after its establishment, citing "a considerable quantity of new and elegant printing types from Europe" to be obtained, but it is believed that the outbreak of yellow fever in Philadelphia, combined with dwindling subscriptions contributed to the paper's demise.
Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, argues a call with a referee during the second half of a game against the Washington Mystics at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 19, 2024 in Indianapolis.
August 1 – The yellow fever epidemic of 1793 starts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 18 – United States Capitol cornerstone laying : President George Washington lays the cornerstone for the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.