History Now Essay Yellow Fever 1793 Richard Brookhiser Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Late in August 1793 Philadelphia was struck by a strange and virulent disease. Patients developed aches, chills, and fever, vomited black bile, and turned yellow. Some recovered, but many died. The yellow fever, as it was called, had... Appears in: 58 | Resilience, Recovery, and Resurgence in the Wake of Disasters Fall 2020
News Yellow Fever Epidemic, 1793 View the account of the 1793 yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia or read the transcript .