be unforgettable for the people living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their population of more than 40,000 people would decline rapidly over the next few months, due to a deadly epidemic. As the summer came to an end the Yellow Fever would plague the city due to a filthy environment, lack of effective treatments, and misinformation. As August began, the citizens of Philadelphia became violently ill with multiple symptoms including: chills, high fevers, nausea, vomiting, delusions, and extreme pain…
The yellow fever is a murder to Philadelphia. It killed thousands people in philadelphia. That why I volunteered to come to Philadelphia and put my physician training to use. I am going to write a composition of how the philadelphia way of curing the yellow fever and the french way of curing the yellow fever by the order of King George the Third I need to do this. There is to treatments that can cure the yellow fever. The similar thing is that the French doctors and the Philadelphia doctors know…
The doctors who take care of the disease called yellow fever are Philadelphia doctors and the French. The fever was spreading like a swarm of bees going flower to flower. Yellow fever started in 1793. Ships brought infected mosquitos to Philadelphia and because of this became a horrible disaster that killed 2000-5000 people. Once the mosquito bites a person it draws blood from the person and then the mosquito bites another person where it releases the blood from the other person and then the infection…
The city of Philadelphia is not right during this time because of the horrible yellow fever. Doctors don’t believe that this fever is yellow fever. The church bells are going off way more than usual. Philadelphia is not right because of the deaths, experience, and the state of ignorance. One reason Philadelphia is not right is because of the number of deaths happening in the city. The church bell has been ringing some much it is starting to annoy people and the reason the church bell keeps…
Yellow fever killed over 5,000 people in Philadelphia in 1793. Yellow fever is a highly contagious fever that is transmitted by mosquitoes. Some symptoms of yellow fever include an onset of fever, chills, severe headache, nausea, fatigue, weakness, and vomiting. Treatment of yellow fever in the 1700’s included bloodletting, herbs, other material treatments, and also simply doing nothing. In Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson alters history, but maintains some historical accuracy. The setting of the…
Yellow fever is a that's lasted six weeks throughout Philadelphia. I, Alex Malesich have been sent here in 1793 by king George lll from England to cure yellow fever. He wanted me to find out what is a better cure for the fever, the Philadelphia or the French cure.There has are ready been thousands and thousands of deaths. The fever has spread like a wildfire all over Philadelphia and is still going. The Philadelphia and French cure are the same in a few ways. Both the Philadelphia doctors and…
YOU HAVE YELLOW FEVER...You wake up.. Eyes and skin turning yellow, your bleeding throwing up your at the hospital!!!. I am researching about yellow fever victims about yellow fever and If this were 200 years ago in philly it would be a lot easier to handle yellow fever. French doctors from Haiti, and philadelphia doctors Were good at handling yellow fever and taking good care of their patients and making sure that they are doing ok and giving them food and water and they make sure when the…
been here since early exploration has left many dead and that is the yellow fever virus. Once yellow fever enters your system its like a bull ride. Once you get on you better hold on for dear life because surviving yellow fever is a rough road to endure. What makes this disease so mysterious that it can cause so much destruction yet ironically it start out with just a simple bite from a mosquito. Running Head: FLAVIVIRUS 3 Introduction Yellow fever, “ an acute viral haemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes…
Yellow fever is a viral fever that affects regions of Africa and South America. This virus is passed through mosquito transmission. With advances in research and medicine, scientists have developed a vaccine to combat this virus. These vaccines have been available since the 1970s. Unfortunately like most other vaccines, recent studies have shown some adverse reactions to the vaccine. There is still unknown information about the adverse reactions. These reactions are currently being investigated.…
Yellow fever is an acute viral disease is a hemorrhagic fever caused by the Flavivirus. Acute means it comes onset rapidly meaning it affects the whole body. Experts believe the disease originated in Africa and it was introduced in South America in the slave trade within the 16th century. Several major disease epidemic cases have taken place in Europe, the Americas and Europe since the 17th century. It was deemed as the most common dangerous disease in the 19th century. A virus carried by a mosquito…