YELLOW FEVER.
\jˈɛlə͡ʊ fˈiːvə], \jˈɛləʊ fˈiːvə], \j_ˈɛ_l_əʊ f_ˈiː_v_ə]\
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This disease first appeared in North America in 1780, ravaging Boston during the summer of that year. It subsequently visited New York and Philadelphia, especially in 1793 and 1797, the latter city having suffered later than 1822.More recent and malignant appearances of the epidemic have occurred in the Southern and Gulf States, the worst being that of 1878.
By John Franklin Jameson
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