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 ...

Philadelphia was hit by the worst yellow fever epidemic in August 1793, exactly 230 years ago. When Dr. Benjamin Rush, a prominent doctor in Philadelphia and signer of the Declaration of Independence, ...

n 1793, a yellow fever epidemic shook Philadelphia, the new nation’s capital. Many residents, including medical practitioners, fled the city. In their absence, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones of the ...

Philadelphia's yellow fever epidemic of 1793 was the largest in the history of the United States, claiming the lives of nearly 4000 people. In late summer, as the number of deaths began to climb, ...

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 ...