United States. Dept. of the Army. Office of the Surgeon General.
Biographical notes:
In July 1867 an outbreak of yellow fever occurred in the city of New Orleans. By August, it had spread to the New Orleans contingent of U.S. troops occupying Louisiana. While the New Orleans Board of Health tended to civilians, the Chief Surgeon at New Orleans was authorized to employ nurses to tend to stricken U.S. soldiers. When the epidemic abated in early November, 3,107 civilians and 213 U.S. soldiers had died. [Information from: Carrigan, Jo Ann. Saffron scourge: a history of yellow fever in Louisiana, 1796-1905. (Louisiana State University, 1961).]
From the guide to the U.S. Army Surgeon General's New Orleans yellow fever collection, 1867-1868, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine)
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- Disease Outbreaks
- Yellow fever
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- Louisiana (as recorded)
