Bring Out Your Dead : The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793 /

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In 1793 a disastrous plague of yellow fever paralyzed Philadelphia, killing thousands of residents and bringing the nation's capital city to a standstill. In this psychological portrait of a city in terror, J. H. Powell presents a penetrating study of human nature revealing itself. Bring Out Yo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Powell, J. H. (John Harvey), 1914-1971 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1993]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Yellow fever.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Fievre jaune > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Yellow fever > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Bring Out Your Dead; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction to the 1993 Edition; Preface to the 1949 Edition; Acknowledgments; ''A Merry, Sinful Summer""; Infection in Water Street; Fever, Domestic and Foreign; Prevention, Personal and Civic; Crisis; Panic; ""This Excellent Physician""; Bush Hill; The Committee; ""Sangrado""; The Fugitives; Height of the Plague; Frost; Afterwards; Notes; Index.

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