American History Tellers

Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 | The Great Debate | 4

Nov 30, 2022

37:30

Episode guests

Thomas Apel

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

What Is the Difference Between Doctors and Scientists?

02:08

Is Localism a Type of Disease That God Would Create?

02:02

The 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia

02:28

Introduction

2min

American History Tellers Is Sponsored by Audible

4min

The 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia

2min

What Is the Difference Between Doctors and Scientists?

2min

Yellow Fever and Its Causes

3min

Do Local Conditions Prefer Yellow Fever Treatments?

2min

The Al Franken Podcast

2min

The Perfect Gift This Holiday Season

4min

Is Localism a Type of Disease That God Would Create?

2min

10.

Clean the Cities

1min

11.

Antoine Lavoisier and the French Revolution

2min

12.

The Legacy of the Yellow Fever Epidemic

3min

13.

The Impact of the Yellow Fever Epidemic on American Medicine

3min

14.

The Epidemic of the Poor

2min

15.

The Difference Between Covid-19 and Modern Diseases

2min

16.

The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 From American History Tellers

3min

The yellow fever epidemic of 1793 posed one of the greatest threats to the young United States. Doctors and scientists couldn’t agree on the cause or the treatment. They split into factions and debated their theories publicly. On today’s show, Thomas Apel, historian and author of Feverish Bodies, Enlightened Minds: Science and the Yellow Fever Controversy in the Early American Republic, joins host Lindsay Graham to discuss how science, religion and politics were intertwined in the controversy surrounding the epidemic.

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