Global & Disaster Medicine

8/13/1878: Kate Bionda, a restaurant owner, becomes first to die of yellow fever in Memphis, Tennessee (pop. 50,000)

History Channel

“……An average of 200 people died every day through September. There were corpses everywhere and near continual ringing of funeral bells. Half of the city’s doctors died.

The epidemic ended with the first frost in October…..”

Memphis, Tennessee

The image was taken by the Expedition 41 crew.

 


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