LibGuides: Emergency Responders and Pandemics : Other Epidemics

EMS and Other Pandemics

Unfortunately, information regarding the emergency response to epidemics predating Modern EMS is not as organized as epidemics from recent history. Because of that, we are only including information about American emergency responses to each epidemic when applicable. Please reach out to the IFSI Library if you would like more information about the emergency response to a specific epidemic- we are happy to assist you!

Other Epidemics

Diphtheria, "the Strangler"
An overview of diphtheria published by the Museum of Health Care at Kingston.

Scarlet fever epidemics of the nineteenth century: a case of evolved pathogenic virulence?
An article by Alan Swedlund and Alison Donta, originally published in Human Biologists in the Archives: Demography, Health, Nutrition and Genetics in Historical Populations.

The History of Smallpox and Its Spread Around the World
An overview of the history of smallpox, from "Smallpox and its eradication," published by WHO in 1988.
Early Efforts at Control: Variolation, Vaccination, and Isolation and Quarantine.
From "Smallpox and its eradication," published by WHO in 1988.

Mary Mallon (1869-1938) and the history of typhoid fever
An article describing the story of Mary Mallon ("Typhoid Mary"), who was personally responsible for infecting many with typhoid in the late 19th/early 20th centuries, from the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology.

A Stranger to Our Camps: Typhus in American History
The article "A Stranger in Our Camps: Typhus in American History" by Margaret Humphreys.

Philadelphia Under Siege: the Yellow Fever of 1793
An article about the largest Yellow Fever epidemic in US history, the 1793 epidemic.
The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
Primary sources about the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878.

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