The 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Mississippi
by
Deanne Nuwer Stephens
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Deanne Stephens Nuwer explores the social, political, racial, and economic consequences of the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi. A mild winter, a long spring, and a torrid summer produced conditions favoring the Aedes aegypti and spread of fever. In late July New Orleans newspapers reported...