issued guidelines for avoiding infection and helped set up a "fever hospital" for victims. 2. New York City; July-October 1795; 730 dead New York City, which in 1793 had turned away refugees from ...

George Washington's second inauguration took place in Philadelphia in March 1793. Six months later, yellow fever had ripped through America's capital city, taking 5,000 lives. How did the Founding ...

issued guidelines for avoiding infection and helped set up a "fever hospital" for victims. 2. New York City; July-October 1795; 730 dead New York City, which in 1793 had turned away refugees from ...