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1) Fever, 1793
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. Includes discussion questions and related activities.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1793, and there's an invisible killer roaming the streets of Philadelphia. The city's residents are fleeing in fear. This killer has a name--yellow fever--but everything else about it is a mystery. Its cause is unknown and there is no cure. This powerful dramatic account by award-winning author Jim Murphy traces the devastating course of the epidemic. An American Plague offers a fascinating glimpse into the conditions in American cities at the...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Mervyn begins to get sick, and fearing a forced trip to the hospital (a death trap), he decides to hide himself in the old Welbeck mansion. Welbeck leaves Mervyn to die, and Mervyn eventually wanders out into the street and collapses. Mervyn is, discovered by Dr. Stevens sitting on a bench. He is suffering from yellow fever, and since Dr. Stevens has pity on him, is, invited into the Stevens household.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In 1793, the interim capital city of Philadelphia was struck by a mysterious malady that ended up killing at least one-tenth of the population, prompting an evacuation, and shutting down the nascent federal government, resulting in shocking parallels to recent pandemics and offering important political lessons"--
Author
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When an epidemic strikes, media outlets are central to how an outbreak is framed and understood. While reporters construct stories intended to inform the public and convey essential information from doctors and politicians, news narratives also serve as historical records, capturing sentiments, responses, and fears throughout the course of the epidemic. Constructing the Outbreak demonstrates how news reporting on epidemics communicates more than...
14) An historical account of the several plagues that have appeared in the world since the year 1346
Author
Publisher
Baldwin and Clark
Pub. Date
1755
Language
English
Author
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Hays (history, Loyola U. Chicago) describes, in a style accessible to high school students and up, the history of 50 epidemics in world history, from an unspecified disease that swept through Athens in 430-427 BC to a number of epidemics still plaguing the world today. Each chapter is organized into sections describing "when and where," historical significance, background, how it was understood at the time, responses, and unresolved historical issues....
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"It has been nearly 60 years since the publication of Silent Spring, in which Rachel Carson brought to light evidence of the devastating ecological effects of pesticides. This book, by Frank von Hippel, is a sweeping history of these chemicals and our complicated relationship with them. It shows how they've made the modern world possible, while at the same time threatening its essential fabric. "This book starts with a tragedy that led scientists...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"A people's history of life in Britain during the Napoleonic Wars"--
"A beautifully observed history of the British home front during the Napoleonic Wars by a celebrated historian. We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic Wars--but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a Yorkshire mill, a Welsh iron foundry, an Irish village, a London bank, a Scottish mountain? The aristocrats and paupers, old...
18) The medical book: from witch doctors to robot surgeons : 250 milestones in the history of medicine
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
Chronologically documents two hundred and fifty medical milestones from 10,000 B.C. to modern times, including the history of separating conjoined twins, the discovery of viruses, and the Human Genome Project.
19) Ridicule
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Français
Description
A provincial nobleman travels to the court of King Louis XVI to plead for funds to drain the fever-infested swamps that threaten to destroy his hometown and finds himself battling wits with bureaucratic officials and the advances of the sexually manipulative Madame de Blayac.