The harrowing accounts of people that suffered through the yellow fever epidemic of 1885 presented the devastation caused by communicable diseases to an uninformed society. It is disheartening to read about the chain of events that lead to the death of thousands of people who were victims of both the disease and their time period. They were fighting a disease with an unknown etiology‚ unknown mode of transmission‚ and no clear treatment. They fought a losing battle with winter as their only saving
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Roman Fever—A reveal of women’s progress Many people consider Roman Fever as a story that implies envy and comparison are the constant theme among women and it will be a repeating cycle not matter how society makes progress. However‚ I think this is the story which demonstrates women’s progress both physically and mentally. The status of women has raised and women have gained more freedom overtime as we can infer from the story. For different generation‚ Roman stands for different meaning. “To
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The poem‚ Sea-Fever written by John Masefield talks about a man who tells us what he wishes to see when he goes near the sea. The poet brings the poem to life by appealing to senses with all the images that he includes in his poem‚ for instance: “grey mist” and “grey dawn breaking”. We can see the great relationship with nature. The theme of this poem is freedom and adventure. The theme of this poem is one of wanderlust‚ serene‚ addiction to the sea and independence. This is brought by the images
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Not just war‚ but the deadly disease yellow fever. While battling with slaves and mosquitoes riddled the French‚ the United States looked on in hope. They dreamed of expanding West‚ and the French held a piece of land they very
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The city of Philadelphia is not right during this time because of the horrible yellow fever. Doctors don’t believe that this fever is yellow fever. The church bells are going off way more than usual. Philadelphia is not right because of the deaths‚ experience‚ and the state of ignorance. One reason Philadelphia is not right is because of the number of deaths happening in the city. The church bell has been ringing some much it is starting to annoy people and the reason the church bell keeps
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Dengue Fever Makes Inroads into the U.S. The mosquito-borne infection is cropping up in Florida‚ but mysteriously not in similar regions in the nation By Dina Fine Maron Most Americans lose little sleep over dengue fever. The mosquito-borne infection is a leading killer in the tropics and subtropics‚ but it’s been a long-held belief that ubiquitous air-conditioning‚ few open windows and limited time outdoors protects us from dengue. And in fact‚ for the past century most U.S. cases (except
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In Edith Wharton’s short story‚ Roman Fever‚ two women gaze down at the splendor of Rome and its ancient ruins. Once old friends‚ the evening darkness reveals the deceit that once occurred between the two women‚ twenty-five years previously‚ and how destructive passion can overrule one’s judgment. When Mrs. Ansley and Mrs. Slade spot one another on the same terrace they had originally met on‚ they find that undefinable tension from betrayal is still in the afternoon light around them. Their seemingly
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inspector‚ George Soppier‚ started poking around trying to solve the mystery behind the typhoid fever outbreaks. No one could understand how a woman who looks healthy was able to infect six out of eight families she had worked for 10 years. During the early 1900s‚ the thing to remember is that there was still a mystery of how diseases formed and spread. So what is typhoid fever? According to the CDC‚ typhoid fever is an illness that is caused by a bacterium called Salmonella Typhi (CDC‚ 2014.). Mary Mallon
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Also known as Valley fever is an infection that is caused by the fungi Coccidioides. The fungus grows in soil found in the southwestern part of the United States as well as Mexico and Central/South America. Those living in these designated areas can contract this disease by inhaling the fungal spores in the air. This is considered a self limiting respiratory infection so most individuals that are infected present with mild to no symptoms at all. A patient with this disease can present with the following
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Kitty Forman is Eric’s mother. Not only is she a housewife‚ but she is also a nurse. She is the one who does the cooking and cleaning around the house. Her children Eric and Laurie are older so they are able to tend to themselves. Red‚ who is the father doesn’t do anything around the house. His day consist of working‚ drinking beer‚ and reading the newspaper. Red’s housework consists of fixing things around the house like plumbing and fixing the lawnmower. Kitty is seen as the mother figure for
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