Fever (1793-1820)

Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

S01E05
April 6, 2012

Overview

Philadelphia's population is decimated by an outbreak of yellow fever in 1793. As the city's physicians and civic leaders are fight back, they define our modern conception of public health, and establish some of the city's fundamental institutions that still operate today.

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