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245 02 a| A melancholy scene of devastation :b| the public response to the 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic /c| edited by J. Worth Estes and Billy G. Smith.;

260 a| Canton, MA :b| Published for the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Library Company of Philadelphia by Science History Publications/USA,c| 1997.;

300 a| xii, 211 pages :b| illustrations (some color), map ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 00 t| Introduction : the yellow fever syndrome and its treatment in Philadelphia, 1793 /r| J. Worth Estes --t| Readership as citizenship in late-eighteenth-century Philadelphia /r| David Paul Nord --t| "Total dissolution of the bonds of society" : community death and regeneration in Mathew Carey's Short account of the malignant fever /r| Sally F. Griffith --t| "Abigail, a Negress" : the role and the legacy of African Americans in the yellow fever epidemic /r| Philip Lapsansky --t| Passions and politics : the multiple meanings of Benjamin Rush's treatment for yellow fever /r| Jacquelyn C. Miller --t| Beyond therapeutics : technology and the question of public health in late-eighteenth-century Philadelphia /r| Michal McMahon --t| Politics, parties, and pestilence : epidemic yellow fever in Philadelphia and the rise of the first party system /r| Martin S. Pernick --t| Comment : disease and community /r| Billy G. Smith --t| Appendix I: "how many precious souls are fled?" : the magnitude of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic /r| Susan E. Klepp --t| Appendix II: yellow fever since 1793 : history and historiography /r| Margaret Humphreys.;

541 3| Laupus- a| Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection;

700 1 a| Estes, J. Worth,d| 1934-2000=| ^A10263;

700 1 a| Smith, Billy G.=| ^A934490;

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A melancholy scene of devastation : the public response to the 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic / edited by J. Worth Estes and Billy G. Smith.

Other author	Estes, J. Worth, 1934-2000
Other author	Smith, Billy G.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Canton, MA : Published for the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Library Company of Philadelphia by Science History Publications/USA, 1997.
Description	xii, 211 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Subjects	Yellow Fever--history. --Pennsylvania. --Philadelphia. Disease Outbreaks--history. --Pennsylvania. --Philadelphia. Black People--history. --Pennsylvania. --Philadelphia.

Contents	Introduction : the yellow fever syndrome and its treatment in Philadelphia, 1793 / J. Worth Estes -- Readership as citizenship in late-eighteenth-century Philadelphia / David Paul Nord -- "Total dissolution of the bonds of society" : community death and regeneration in Mathew Carey's Short account of the malignant fever / Sally F. Griffith -- "Abigail, a Negress" : the role and the legacy of African Americans in the yellow fever epidemic / Philip Lapsansky -- Passions and politics : the multiple meanings of Benjamin Rush's treatment for yellow fever / Jacquelyn C. Miller -- Beyond therapeutics : technology and the question of public health in late-eighteenth-century Philadelphia / Michal McMahon -- Politics, parties, and pestilence : epidemic yellow fever in Philadelphia and the rise of the first party system / Martin S. Pernick -- Comment : disease and community / Billy G. Smith -- Appendix I: "how many precious souls are fled?" : the magnitude of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic / Susan E. Klepp -- Appendix II: yellow fever since 1793 : history and historiography / Margaret Humphreys.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acquisitions source	Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
LCCN	96054741
ISBN	088135192X (alk. paper) :

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