What does the garden represent in Fever 1793?
The Garden The Cook family garden is at the back of the coffeehouse and is a source of food for both the Cook family and their business.
How does Mattie dignify her grandfather’s burial?
Mattie helps push the heavy cart. At the burial square, two men wrap Grandfather’s body in canvas and prepare to put him in the open grave. Mattie stops them and reads a prayer from the Psalms. After the burial, Mattie wanders through the streets of Philadelphia and tries to decide what to do.
How does Mattie get the men to allow a prayer to be said before burying her grandfather?
Q. How does Matilda get the men to allow a prayer to be said before burying her grandfather? She pushes one of the men and grabs him by his shirt to threaten him. She begs and pleads and reminds them that they would have prayed if it were their family.
What are they doing with the dead bodies in Fever 1793?
Nearly 100 people a day were dying of the fever. Carts creaked through the city with men shouting out “Bring out your dead!” Dead bodies were stacked and taken to dead houses and burial sites. One major burial site was the Southeastern Square in Philadelphia, today known as Washington Square.
Who was blamed for yellow fever?
In 1881 Carlos Finlay, a Cuban doctor, argued that mosquito bites caused yellow fever; he credited Rush’s published account of the 1793 epidemic for giving him the idea.
How long was the yellow fever epidemic?
Yellow fever appeared in the U.S. in the late 17th century.
Was there a cure for yellow fever in 1793?
Benjamin Rush did find his own treatment for Yellow Fever by October. By blood leeching and purging patients Dr. Rush decreased mortality. In some cases, he would remove a very high proportion of blood from the body.
When was yellow fever the worst?
The virus affects multiple organ systems and causes internal bleeding; it can be fatal. Yellow fever broke out in Boston in 1693, Philadelphia in 1793 and Norfolk, Virginia in 1855, but the worst American outbreak of yellow fever occurred in the Mississippi River Valley in 1878.