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Yellow Fever

 Subject

Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Coates letter to Joseph Paschall

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/002
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed from Samuel Coates in Philadelphia to Joseph Paschall, 25 Sept. 1793, describing family matters, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of 1793, and conditions in city during yellow fever epidemic. Coates lists acquaintances who are recovering, ill, or dead and mentions treating the disease with specific of Benjamin Rush.

Dates: 1793
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Stephen Cheek essay on yellow fever

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/103
Scope and Contents

"An inaugural essay on yellow fever: presented to the faculty of the Philadelphia College of Medicine for the degree of doctor in medicine" Cheek maintains yellow fever itself is not contagious but communicable only under certain climatic conditions. He then discusses the yellow fever outbreak in New Orleans in 1853 and describes symptoms and possible methods of treatment.

Dates: undated
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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