A picture of misery: Yellow fever gutted 1855 Hampton Roads
A new book, "The Fever: The Most Fatal Plague in American History," by Virginia author...
The Fever
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The Fever, Chapter 14: Epilogue
Scarred cities struggle for years as science tackles epidemic's cause.
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The Fever, Chapter 13: Numb
On October 14, a new day dawned: The sun rose and had to melt away...
The Fever, Chapter 12: Heartbreak
The fever continued to take its toll on those who had tempted fate by staying...
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The Fever, Chapter 11: Anguish
As a family would plan to leave town, the fever would strike one or two,...
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The Fever, Chapter 10: Stricken
As much as he didn't want to admit it, George Armstrong had the fever.
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The Fever, Chapter 9: Hopelessness
Norfolk's Elmwood Cemetery was established two years before the epidemic.
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The Fever, Chapter 8: Silence
Around the doors and windows of nearly every home, George Armstrong saw plague flies hovering.
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The Fever, Chapter 7: Orphaned
The Destroyer now had a grip on a quarter of the 5,000 people who were...
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The Fever, Chapter 6: Devastation
Treatments for yellow fever varied depending on which part of the country the attending physician...