Compare And Contrast A Yellow Fever In 1793

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in 1793 there was a huge fever outbreak killing over 2000 people. It was treated two different ways. Dr. Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia’s best doctor recommended bleeding the patient, While the french doctors had a more sensible way of drinking liquids and rest. This outbreak was called yellow fever. The disease was transmitted by infected mosquitoes, and the virus brought by refugees. There is no sure treatment and never was in 1793. This will tell you how It was treated by doctors in 1793, some methods working and others meaning certain death. Though they have these differences, their treatments were also similar in some ways. They both require the patient to rest and also drink fluid. One thing is obvious. To be treating this they really

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