PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Yellow Fever
This site from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has information on yellow fever. The site is broken into the following sections: Yellow Fever Disease, Yellow Fever Vaccine Requirements, Yellow Fever Precautions, and Risk...
University of Virginia
Medical History: Yellow Fever and Walter Reed
Photographs and documents from the University of Virginia's Hench-Reed Collection tell the story of the work done in Cuba at the turn of the 20th century toward finding the cause of Yellow Fever. Hyperlinks to additional information.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Entomology: Yellow Fever
Information about yellow fever, a disease transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical areas. The article discusses how to prevent yellow fever, and how the disease affects a person. (Published: February 28, 2008)
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Yellow Fever
Site about Yellow Fever, vaccine, countries at risk in Africa, control, and epidemiology of yellow fever in 1994 and 1995. This site also has a great table of the number of cases and deaths reported to the World Health Organization...
Other
Benjamin Rush and Yellow Fever: Dr. Jean Deveze During the 1793 Epidemic
Fascinating day by day observations of patients afflicted in the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia by a physician who was treating them.
Harvard University
Harvard University Library Open Collections Program: The Yellow Fever
Students investigate the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Some topics explored are Benjamin Rush, the Santo Domingan influence, and background information on the yellow fever. Additional resources include web pages, references, and...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Yellow Fever Cause Discovered
You have probably never heard of anyone you know having Yellow Fever. But in the early 1900s, it was mysterious as well as deadly. How was it transmitted? What did people do to try to prevent getting sick? Read the story at this site.
The College of Physicians
The History of Vaccines
Complete medical education project explores the role and uses of vaccines now and in the past. Find information and analysis about vaccination controversies; answers to frequent questions about vaccinations; timelines of diseases,...
University of Virginia
Uva Health Sciences Library: Walter Reed
As part of the extensive Yellow Fever Collection at the University of Virginia, this brief biography of Walter Reed traces his career in the Army's Medical Corps and his investigation into the cause of the deadly yellow fever. Hyperlinks...
Bill of Rights Institute
Bill of Rights Institute: Benjamin Rush
The fourth of seven children born to Quaker parents, Benjamin Rush was the most famous physician of his time. Known and respected by many of the Founding generation, Benjamin Rush treated illnesses such as yellow fever and smallpox,...
University of Virginia
Univ. Of Virginia: Walter Reed and James Carroll
Walter Reed served in the US Army Medical Corps in the late 1800s. James Carroll pursued his medical degree after enlisting in the US Army. This site details the efforts of these men and others who worked to pin down the way Yellow Fever...
Patsy Stevens
Garden of Praise: Walter Reed: Physician
The Garden of Praise profiles the life of Dr. Walter Reed (1851-1902), whose pioneering work in yellow fever research made the connection between insects and the transmission of disease. Text is geared toward younger students.
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery: Walter Reed
This site from the Arlington National Cemetery provides an easy to read account of the life and work of Dr. Walter Reed (1851-1902 CE), Major in the United States Army Medical Corps who proved that yellow fever was transmitted by...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Travelers' Health: Disease Directory
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information on over 40 diseases that travelers might need to be prepared for. Information includes description of disease, risk for travelers, preventive measures and treatment.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Panama Canal
Regarded as one of the seven wonders of the modern world, the Panama Canal opened for business on August 15, 1914. America's ingenuity and innovation had triumphed over insurmountable odds. PBS brings us this incredible story via online...
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: The Diary of Private Cyrus Farver of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Diary of Private Cyrus Farver, a member of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, talks about his life during the Spanish-American War and his life after contracting Yellow Fever.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America? Theodore Dehone Judah
Judah died on a trip to New York, contracting yellow fever on his voyage through Panama. A transcontinental railroad, had it existed, would have spared his life.
United Nations
United Nations Cyberschoolbus: Fighting Disease
The United Nations has distributed this list to make school age children aware of the communicable diseases that have most recently had an effect on society. Good descriptions are provided for each of the 11 diseases.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Gail Borden, Jr. 1801 1874
Good resource for biographical information on Gail Borden who was a teacher, soldier, surveyor, tax collector, missionary, but most of all an inventor. Best known for his invention of condensed milk.
Digital History
Digital History: The u.s., Cuba, and the Platt Amendment [Pdf]
After the SpanishAmerican War the American occupation of Cuba and the adoption of the Platt Amendment, which was forced upon the Cuban government when it formed its constitution, showed the signs of imperialism on the part of the United...
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: The Buzz About Mosquitoes
As annoying as mosquitoes are, they are an essential part of the web of life. However, they also carry and spread diseases that can kill people. See how scientists are researching mosquitoes to help control the spread of these diseases.
A&E Television
History.com: Why the Construction of the Panama Canal Was So Difficult and Deadly
A staggering 25,000 workers lost their lives. And artificial limb makers clamored for contracts with the canal builders. In a quest to fulfill a centuries-old dream to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the builders of the Panama...
Curated OER
Walter Reed Photo
This site from the Arlington National Cemetery provides an easy to read account of the life and work of Dr. Walter Reed (1851-1902 CE), Major in the United States Army Medical Corps who proved that yellow fever was transmitted by...
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