The yellow fever epidemic of 1878 in Memphis, Tenn. : embracing a complete list of the dead, the names of the doctors and nurses employed, names of all who contributed money or means, and the names and history of the Howards, together with other data, and lists of the dead elsewhere / by J.M. Keating.

  • Keating, John McLeod, 1830-1906.
Date:
1879
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Credit: The yellow fever epidemic of 1878 in Memphis, Tenn. : embracing a complete list of the dead, the names of the doctors and nurses employed, names of all who contributed money or means, and the names and history of the Howards, together with other data, and lists of the dead elsewhere / by J.M. Keating. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    All cause of jealousy, complaint, or offense has been studiously avoided, while nothing has been omitted that was deemed ef=scntial to the truth of history. The time allowed for the work has been brief, but it is hoped it will be found worthy alike of the living and the dead; a record of duty done, a history of those who have passed away, leaving us a lesson of gentle minis- trations, of heroic Aviirfare, of strained endurance, of patient resignation, of cool, calm courage, and of Christian fortitude. The epidemic of 1878, Avhen the numbers exposed, the numbers who sick- ened, and those who died, are taken into account, must be set down as one of the greatest calamities of modern times, marking an epoch in our history and expressing a period memorable for all time. Trusting that the lesson it teaches will not be lost upon those whom it most immediately concerns, the author commits his work to the considerate judg- ment of his readers, praying their indulgence for such demerits as to them may appear. Memphis, May, 1879.