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Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 | Outbreak | 1
American History Tellers
Dr. Rush's 'Blooding'
Dr. Benjamin Rush treated patients with bloodletting, draining as much as 12 ounces of blood from their veins at a time. He also purged his patients, giving them doses of mercury and other toxic substances to induce vomiting and diarrhea. Despite Rush's best efforts, several of his patients died It was a tragedy, but because deadly fevers were common in the summer, Rush did not suspect that anything more serious was afoot Then on August 19, 1793 two doctors summoned Rush to their neighborhood near Bal's Wharf. Dr. Hugh Hodge and Dr. John Falk were treating a 33-year-old French woman named Catherine Lemager Lemager’s eyes were bloodshot
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