Epidemics -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Stephen Cheek essay on yellow fever
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/103
Scope and Contents
"An inaugural essay on yellow fever: presented to the faculty of the Philadelphia College of Medicine for
the degree of doctor in medicine"
Cheek maintains yellow fever itself is not contagious but communicable only under certain climatic
conditions. He then discusses the yellow fever outbreak in New Orleans in 1853 and describes symptoms
and possible methods of treatment.
Dates:
undated
