
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 | Outbreak | 1
American History Tellers
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Imagine its August 6th, 1793 in Philadelphia. A French sailor has been fighting a high fever and chills for the past few days. The woman who manages the boarding house walks in it's sweltering in the cramped room. She stumbles you reach out to catch her fall. It is terrible luck Well, it's not just luck. I fear there may be something malignant in the air in your house.
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