Benjamin Rush was a great and selfless man who actually treated patients with yellow fever in 1793. He was a physician who lived in Philadelphia. When the there was a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia he worked tirelessly to care for patients and to prevent spread of the disease. He also kept detailed records of what he found out from the patients, hoping that his research might help find a cure.
He stopped the fever by helping people out
He thought that bleeding the person was a GREAT way of healing someone. Which we know today that it isn't a very good idea.
where yellow fever is not there
totz jungle yellow fever
Benjamin Rush died in 1813.
Benjamin Rush was born on December 24, 1745.
Benjamin Rush Rhees was born in 1860.
Benjamin Rush Rhees died in 1939.
who dicoverd yellow fever?
Benjamin Rush was a Patriot because he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence
Malaria and Yellow Fever killed most workers.
yellow fever is caused by a virus