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The Yellow Fever epidemic in America... Horatio Nelson...
The Yellow Fever epidemic in America... Horatio Nelson...
Item # 700835
November 30, 1798
THE EDINBURGH ADVERTISER, Scotland, Nov. 30, 1798
* Yellow fever epidemic in Eastern U.S.
Page 6 has reports headed: "America" with several reports on the Yellow Fever epidemic in the states, particularly Philadelphia and New York.
Page 5 has a brief item concerning the Battle of the Nile: "Mallet Du Pan states the important consequence of Admiral Nelson's victory, with much perspicuity--He considers it of much more consequence than if the Toulon fleet had been met at sea before Buonaparte landed in Egypt..." with more.
Eight pages, 9 3/4 by 13 1/2 inches, nice condition.
AI notes: The 1798 yellow fever epidemic struck several American cities, with Philadelphia again among the hardest hit, continuing a pattern of deadly outbreaks that had begun earlier in the decade. The disease, caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, produced severe symptoms including high fever, jaundice, vomiting, and often fatal hemorrhaging. Poor sanitation, crowded housing, and summer heat made urban populations particularly vulnerable, and mortality rates were alarmingly high, especially among immigrants and the impoverished. Medical understanding was rudimentary; physicians commonly relied on bloodletting, purging, and herbal remedies, which proved largely ineffective. Public fear was intense, and local authorities attempted quarantines, the isolation of the sick, and the burning of contaminated belongings to curb its spread. The 1798 epidemic reinforced the urgent need for organized public health measures, influencing the development of early sanitary regulations and city planning in Philadelphia and other port cities, as Americans grappled with the deadly, recurring threat of yellow fever.
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