How Did Laurie Halse Anderson Characterize In Fever 1793

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In the book Fever 1793 ,by Laurie Halse Anderson, the doctors have many disagreements on how to treat patients with Yellow Fever. In the present day some doctors may still disagree on many things. Like treatments, causes of diseases, and what kind of diseases.

In Fever 1793 ,by Laurie Halse Anderson, doctors disagree on how to treat Yellow Fever.The only treatment that most doctors agree on is bloodletting. The only doctor that disagrees with that is french physician/Dr. Deveze. He believes in eating, clean sheets, sleep, and wiping down the patients with warm water. Dr. Benjamin Rush started the whole bloodletting craze ,so when he himself got infected with Yellow Fever he used his method of bloodletting ,and to everyone’s surprise he actually

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