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How Did the Federal, State and Local Governments Handle the First U.S. Epidemic?
Host and attorney Michael Buckner, using the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as a backdrop, investigates the public health roles of the federal, state and local governments in the first epidemic in the nation’s history: the 1793 yellow fever outbreak that affected the then-capital and largest city, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Citations: Simon Finger, Yellow Fever, Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia; Sandy Hingston, 11 Things You Might Not Know About Philly’s 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic; Matthew Carey, A short account of the malignant fever; William Duffy, From Humors to Medical Science; John Harvey Powell, Bring Out Your Dead: The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793; Minutes of the Proceedings of the Committee to Attend to and Alleviate the Sufferings of the Afflicted with the Malignant Fever, 1794; Benjamin Rush, An Account of the Bilious remitting Yellow Fever as it appeared in Philadelphia, in the year 1793.
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By Michael BucknerHost and attorney Michael Buckner, using the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as a backdrop, investigates the public health roles of the federal, state and local governments in the first epidemic in the nation’s history: the 1793 yellow fever outbreak that affected the then-capital and largest city, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Citations: Simon Finger, Yellow Fever, Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia; Sandy Hingston, 11 Things You Might Not Know About Philly’s 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic; Matthew Carey, A short account of the malignant fever; William Duffy, From Humors to Medical Science; John Harvey Powell, Bring Out Your Dead: The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793; Minutes of the Proceedings of the Committee to Attend to and Alleviate the Sufferings of the Afflicted with the Malignant Fever, 1794; Benjamin Rush, An Account of the Bilious remitting Yellow Fever as it appeared in Philadelphia, in the year 1793.