Plague among the magnolias : the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi /
Nuwer, Deanne.
Plague among the magnolias : the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi / Deanne Stephens Nuwer. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (xv, 188 pages) : map
Includes bibliographies and index.
Mississippi in the 1870s -- Yellow fever's causes, symptoms, and treatments -- The fever arrives -- Responses to yellow fever -- The human suffering -- Mississippi and the affirmation of antebellum values -- Yellow fever departs -- Conclusion.
Deanne Stephens Nuwer explores the social, political, racial, and economic consequences of the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi. A mild winter, a long spring, and a torrid summer produced conditions favoring the Aedes aegypti and spread of fever. In late July New Orleans newspapers reported the epidemic and upriver officials established checkpoints, but efforts at quarantine came too late. Yellow fever was developing by late July, and in August deaths were reported. With a fresh memory of an 1873 epidemic, thousands fled, some carrying the disease with them. The fever raged until mid-
9780817382445
Yellow fever--History--Mississippi--19th century.
Yellow Fever--history.
Public Health Practice--history.
History, 19th Century.
Disease Outbreaks--history.
Disease outbreaks--History.--Mississippi
Public health practice--History--Mississippi.
Yellow fever--History--Mississippi--19th century.
Yellow fever--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Electronic Books.
RC211 / .P534 2009
Plague among the magnolias : the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi / Deanne Stephens Nuwer. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (xv, 188 pages) : map
Includes bibliographies and index.
Mississippi in the 1870s -- Yellow fever's causes, symptoms, and treatments -- The fever arrives -- Responses to yellow fever -- The human suffering -- Mississippi and the affirmation of antebellum values -- Yellow fever departs -- Conclusion.
Deanne Stephens Nuwer explores the social, political, racial, and economic consequences of the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi. A mild winter, a long spring, and a torrid summer produced conditions favoring the Aedes aegypti and spread of fever. In late July New Orleans newspapers reported the epidemic and upriver officials established checkpoints, but efforts at quarantine came too late. Yellow fever was developing by late July, and in August deaths were reported. With a fresh memory of an 1873 epidemic, thousands fled, some carrying the disease with them. The fever raged until mid-
9780817382445
Yellow fever--History--Mississippi--19th century.
Yellow Fever--history.
Public Health Practice--history.
History, 19th Century.
Disease Outbreaks--history.
Disease outbreaks--History.--Mississippi
Public health practice--History--Mississippi.
Yellow fever--History--Mississippi--19th century.
Yellow fever--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Electronic Books.
RC211 / .P534 2009