Home > Library Company of Philadelphia > Books >   Melancholy Scene of Devastation: The Public Response to the 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic
	Our Price: $35.00 By J. Worth Estes (ed); Billy G. Smith (ed) Year: 1997 Pages: 211 Binding Hardcover ISBN 088135192X Product Code: 088135192X

Description   The 1793 Phila. Yellow Fever epidemic was a major public health emergency that paralyzed city functions, halted bus. & trade, & caused a breakdown in social institutions. The fever’s devastating effect on what was then our nation’s capital meant that 5,000 died, 100s of children were orphaned, & 17,000 people fled the city for safer environs. The essays in this vol., reflecting recent trends in cultural & social history & the history of medicine, investigates in greater detail the city’s response & the public’s reaction to the crisis. How Philadelphia’s various communities responded to the 1793 yellow fever epidemic is instructive for today’s urban societies, increasingly forced to deal with contagions new (AIDS) & old (TB, venereal disease). Illus.

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