Yellow fever appeared in the U.S. in the late 17th century. The deadly virus continued to strike cities, mostly eastern seaports and Gulf Coast cities, for the next two hundred years, killing hundreds ...

Yet it turns out this distinct brand of medical ignorance is nothing new. Rather, it is as American as apple pie. More than 200 years ago, one of the most famous doctors from the revolutionary period ...

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Hardly anyone noticed the first to die in the sultry August of 1793—a few foreigners, a sailor, an oyster seller. Most Philadelphians brushed off the deaths as the result of air fouled by rotting ...

George Washington's second inauguration took place in Philadelphia in March 1793. Six months later, yellow fever had ripped through America's capital city, taking 5,000 lives. How did the Founding ...

click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document. Soon after Philadelphia's Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 subsided, accusations began against the black citizens who had ...

There had been earlier fevers that swept through the city of Philadelphia, but the one that hit in August 1793 was one of the worst in U.S. history. In just three months, 5,000 people -- one out of ...