Yellow Fever on Galveston Island.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Jan.

Series:

Disaster

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yellow fever--Texas--Galveston--History.

Yellow fever.

Social conditions.

Galveston (Tex.)--Social conditions.

Galveston (Tex.).

Galveston (Tex.)--History.

Texas--Galveston.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2022.

Summary:

Jan Johnson provides a definitive account of Galveston's fight against outbreaks of Yellow Fever, which transformed an island paradise into the City of Dreadful Death. In the summer of Galveston's founding year, a mysterious malady accompanied by black vomit descended upon the inhabitants. Names for the devastating plague came quick and fast as the body count rose. Saffron Scourge. Bronze John. Yellow Jack. Yellow Fever. The disease's cause and cure remained elusive, as did the medical institutions Galveston would need treat the illness. Four thousand souls perished in nine epidemics between 1839 and 1867. By the time of Galveston's final Yellow Fever outbreak in 1903, however, residents were better informed and equipped. Discover the key figures and pivotal events of the island city's experience with the mosquito-borne disease.

Contents:

The founding fathers and development of the city

Aspects of yellow fever

Eight epidemics, 1844-1882

Establishment of medical institutions on the Island

A hospital for the largest city in Texas

Drs. Smith v. Dowell...and Reed

Development of Galveston's city water system, 1882

Unfortunate necessity of orphanages

The final yellow fever epidemic.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Johnson, Jan Yellow Fever on Galveston Island

ISBN:

9781439675427

OCLC:

1345588083