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The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
An image depicting the collection of clothes in New York for fever patients, 1878.

An image depicting the collection of clothes in New York for fever patients, 1878.

Citation Information
Davis, Theodore R., “For The Fever-Stricken--Collection Of Clothing In New York,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/0356cb2bd3f6b7da6889b20ab1a21028.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of The New York Public Library.

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Item 11 of 14 in the Primary Source Set The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

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An excerpt from Yellow Fever by Dr. Thomas O. Summers, 1878.
An 1856 map showing geographic distribution of health and disease, including fever districts in the United States and West Indies.
An illustration depicting charity workers and caregivers during the Memphis yellow fever outbreak, 1870s.
An illustration from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper depicting a hospital tent during the yellow fever epidemic, 1878.
A page from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper in 1879 depicting camps established outside of Memphis during the yellow fever epidemic.
An 1878 illustration of a physician from the Howard Association, an organization of volunteers, on rounds during the Memphis outbreak.
An 1878 illustration from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, depicting hungry citizens in Memphis.
Excerpts from Dr. Dromgoole’s Heroes, Honors, and Horrors of 1878, published in 1879.
A medal from the Howard Association, an organization of volunteers, in recognition of service during yellow fever epidemic, 1878.
An account of an expedition for yellow fever relief by the US War Department, 1878.
An image depicting the collection of clothes in New York for fever patients, 1878.
A letter from William Lloyd Garrison to his son Francis about a fair to be held to benefit the yellow fever victims in the South, 1878.
The Sanitary Code of New Orleans, 1899.
A postcard showing an armed man taking on a yellow fever-carrying mosquito, 1905.

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