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In the summer of 1793, when Philadelphia was the largest city in the United States, as well as the temporary home of the new nation's capital, it was struck with the hottest weather it had experienced in years.

To add to this discomfort, humidity bore down and wrapped around the city,

like a dense wet blanket.

Surrounded by marshes and swamps,

Philadelphia proved the perfect breeding ground

for mosquitoes in numbers never seen before that summer.

And then in August came death.

Yellow Fever had reached Philadelphia, and it would go on to become an unprecedented devastating epidemic.

The afflicted would first come down with a splitting headache before turning a repulsive shade of yellow.

But that was before the real horrors began.

The victim would then begin to bleed from their nose and gums and

vomit up black blood frequently. Some they say even had blood oozing from

every orifice of the body.

As Cotton Mather in earlier times described the disease, quote, turning yellow then vomiting

and bleeding every way, end quote. afflict would often also have to contend with violent,

non-stop, almost demonic sounding hiccups. But as if that weren't enough, they also entered a delirium, seemingly losing their minds as they screamed

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