Dr. Dromgoole's Yellow Fever Heroes, Honors, and Horrors of 1878. A list of over ten thousand victims, martyr death-roll of volunteer physicians, nurses, etc.

176 p. incl. front. (port.) Yellow fever symptoms, theories and explanations/ Drs. Alexander, Bell, Blackburn, [et.al.] -- Yellow fever, origin, nature and prevention / H. E. Brown -- Quarantines and yellow fever / T. S. Bell -- Panoramic pen pictures- Tidal wave of death and destruction, appalling horrors, thrilling incidents, heartrending scenes of misery and anguish.../ by those who have seen and suffered -- Historical sketches of each afflicted locality, accounts of the first case of yellow fever at each point / as collated by over one hundred resident correspondesnt -- Alphabetical death roll of over then ten thousand victims, embracing names of all the dead whose names were furnished -- Roll of honor, containing names of volunteer physicians, nurses, Howards, Relief men, preachers, ...who did heroic service -- Martyr deaht roll of clergyment, physicians, Howards, Masons, Odd Fellows, Y.M.C.A., Knights of Honor, Inights of Pythria, ...Sisters of Charity, nurses, and a biographical sketch of the noble hero martyrs, Butler P. Anderson and Dr. Benjamin Ward Avent -- Amount of noble contributions for the relief of yellow fever sufferers, from allsources, arranged by states. Digitized by the staff of Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences, Tulane University. http://matas.tulane.edu