1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic Puns

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TIL that in 1793, a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia killed 10 percent of the people there, and forced another 40 percent to flee the city. The city's savior? Winter, which killed off the mosquitoes transmitting the disease en.wikipedia.org/wiki/179…
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👤︎ u/AintEverLucky
📅︎ Mar 12 2020
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TIL that during the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, many black citizens, widely believed to be immune to the disease, volunteered to deal with the dead and dying as white citizens fled the city. The immunity seems to have not actually existed, and blacks died at the same rates as whites. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/179…
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👤︎ u/paulandorder
📅︎ Aug 26 2019
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Black Nurses and the 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic workingnurse.com/articles…
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👤︎ u/blackfreethinkers
📅︎ Apr 06 2020
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1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic: 5000 people died out of 50000 people living in Philadelphia, making the epidemic one of the most severe in United States history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/179…
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👤︎ u/house_of_ghosts
📅︎ Mar 14 2020
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During the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia, 5,000 or more people were listed in the register of deaths between August 1 and November 9. The vast majority of them died of yellow fever, making the epidemic in the city of 50,000 people one of the most severe in United States' history en.wikipedia.org/wiki/179…
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👤︎ u/Wissahickon
📅︎ Jul 22 2016
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To what extent (if any) did the Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 contribute to the choosing of Washington, D.C. as the capital of the USA?

My virology professor just made the claim that an exodus from Philadelphia due to the 1793 (and subsequent) yellow fever epidemics contributed significantly to D.C. being chosen as the capital of the USA. How much truth is there behind this?

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👤︎ u/FadyP
📅︎ Oct 26 2016
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Let's introduce yellow fever to Philadelphia (1793)
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👤︎ u/BFD98
📅︎ Sep 04 2021
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TIL: "The [Supreme] Court postponed scheduled arguments for October 1918 in response to the Spanish flu epidemic. The Court also shortened its argument calendars in August 1793 and August 1798 in response to yellow fever outbreaks. twitter.com/KimberlyRobin…
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👤︎ u/bloomberglaw
📅︎ Mar 16 2020
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A Fresh Look at Benjamin Rush and the 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic youtube.com/attribution_l…
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👤︎ u/neonoir
📅︎ Jul 28 2019
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TIL After losing her husband and four children to yellow fever, and her job to the great Chicago fire, Mary "Mother" Jones became a labor organizer. She organized a march of working children from Philadelphia to New York, and her speeches provoked workers to organize during the Coal Wars. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot…
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👤︎ u/MajesticBread9147
📅︎ Sep 14 2021
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The Yellow Fever Epidemics That Plagued New York City untappedcities.com/2021/0…
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👤︎ u/zsreport
📅︎ Jul 14 2021
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If there was an epidemic of Asian sex tourists in America and Europe, what do you think would be their reaction? Why do we allow these disgusting yellow fever weaboos in mainland Asian countries to act like degenerates? Locals need to be educated, these are not isolated incidents. np.reddit.com/r/justneckb…
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👤︎ u/koreandudebro26
📅︎ Jan 15 2021
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1702 Yellow Fever Epidemic

Just a question for the group. There was a yellow Fever epidemic that hit New York City in 1702, supposedly a large portion of the population died then. Does anyone know if there is a list of the deceased? Thank you!

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👤︎ u/Fleno67
📅︎ Jun 16 2021
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[todayilearned] TIL After losing her husband and four children to yellow fever, and her job to the great Chicago fire, Mary "Mother" Jones became a labor organizer. She organized a march of working children from Philadelphia to New York, and her speeches provoked workers to organize during the Coal en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot…
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👤︎ u/Know_Your_Shit_v2
📅︎ Sep 15 2021
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Martyrs Park on the river with a stark reminder of the damage caused by the yellow fever epidemic in 1878
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👤︎ u/Keyspd
📅︎ Mar 24 2020
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Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1899 - Miami History Blog miami-history.com/yellow-…
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👤︎ u/a-horse-has-no-name
📅︎ Jan 15 2021
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Louisiana Historical Fiction - Yellow Fever Epidemic

I’m curious to hear if anybody has historical fiction recommendations set in Louisiana. I’m open to any time frame, but would be most interested in those set during the Yellow Fever epidemics. I appreciate any suggestions! I’m also open to non fiction suggestions about Yellow Fever in LA (or elsewhere in the US).

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👤︎ u/dezdepick
📅︎ Dec 28 2020
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TIL that yellow fever came to the Americas aboard slave ships. Two hundred years later, it helped end slavery in Haiti. An epidemic broke out during the Haitian Revolution, killing two thirds of the French army and almost none of the slaves, and France was forced to surrender the island. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yel…
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👤︎ u/omegasavant
📅︎ Oct 30 2018
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Yellow Fever Epidemic - The San Diego Union 1884
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👤︎ u/asielen
📅︎ Jul 25 2020
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The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic That Shaped Our History, Molly Caldwell Crosby (Kindle, $1.99) amazon.com/s?k=the+americ…
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👤︎ u/LoneWolfette
📅︎ Feb 01 2021
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TIL About Memphis' Martyrs Park, a city park built around a mass grave of the victims of the city's 1878 yellow fever epidemic and honoring the brave individuals who stayed behind despite great risk to care for the sick and bury the dead. roadsideamerica.com/story…
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👤︎ u/tonyplaysthemambo
📅︎ May 14 2020
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Poster depicting yellow fever epidemic taking lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1876
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👤︎ u/Waldonville
📅︎ Mar 30 2020
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In the yellow fever epidemic of 1888, Florida counties enforced a "shotgun quarantine," which is exactly what it sounds like. orlandosentinel.com/news/…
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👤︎ u/Automatic-Mention
📅︎ Aug 26 2020
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Does anyone know where I can find some primary sources relating to the 1794 yellow fever epidemic?
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👤︎ u/ParanoidPancake1
📅︎ Nov 09 2020
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TIL The reason Argentina's black population is so low (0.4%) is because most Afro-Argentinians were killed in Argentina's wars and those that survived would face the 1871 Yellow Fever Epidemic which killed mostly those who couldn't afford to go to the doctor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afr…
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👤︎ u/omnipotentsandwich
📅︎ Mar 22 2019
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Memphis's Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878 in a nutshell.
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👤︎ u/sfoxx
📅︎ Jan 28 2020
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Memphis's Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878 in a nutshell.
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👤︎ u/sfoxx
📅︎ Jan 28 2020
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TIL of St. Joseph, Florida, a short lived boomtown of 12,000 people and the site of Florida's first constitutional convention. At one time, it was Florida's biggest city. After just 9 years, economic instability, a yellow fever epidemic, and a hurricane wiped it off the map. exploresouthernhistory.co…
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👤︎ u/99sense
📅︎ Oct 10 2018
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Layfayette Cemetery no. 1 - established 1833 - New Orleans, Louisiana. 📷: one of the overflow vaults from the 1853 yellow fever epidemic, an entire family is entombed inside, look at their ages....
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👤︎ u/cfullingtonegli
📅︎ Jan 05 2019
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What if France had been able to seize Gibraltar from Britain during the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1804?

How would the Napoleonic Wars, and the rest of history, have changed?

Yellow Fever hit Gibraltar several times, but the worst was 1804 when half of the population died, and military man- power was so short that the guns on the Mediterranean defenses couldn't be manned. The assumption here is that France is able to take advantage of this weakness and seizes the Rock.

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👤︎ u/David_Diron
📅︎ Sep 20 2019
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[TOMT] [BOOK] Book about a girl’s journey when a yellow fever epidemic strikes in Florida(?). It’s written in letter format

Basically what the title says. We were read it in 3rd grade, if that helps.

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👤︎ u/GCVS00
📅︎ Jun 28 2018
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Sawbones: How Yellow Fever (Nearly) Destroyed Philadelphia maximumfun.org/episodes/s…
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👤︎ u/apathymonger
📅︎ Mar 06 2020
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What if France had been able to seize Gibraltar from England during the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1804.

How would the Napoleonic Wars, and the rest of history, have changed?

Yellow Fever hid Gibraltar several times, but the worst was 1804 when half of the population was killed, and military man- power was so short that the guns on the Mediterranean defenses couldn't be manned. The assumption here is that France is able to take advantage of this weakness and seizes the Rock.

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👤︎ u/David_Diron
📅︎ Sep 19 2019
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