Excerpt from Yellow Fever, Considered in Its Historical, Pathological, Etiological and Therapeutical Relations, Vol. 2 of 2: Including a Sketch of the Disease as It Has Occurred in Philadelphia From 1899 to 1854 It is a fact well known in medicine, that some diseases exhibit a marked preference for certain temperaments, while they spare, to a greater or less extent, others differently endowed in that respect. Each period of life has its maladies. The two sexes, and the various races, are not equally liable to the same complaints, and, when seized, do not run the same risk as to a fatal issue and the professional reader need not be told, that while some diseases affect the system but once - while some extend their ravages to all classes indiscriminately - others are subject to frequent repetitions, or, though widely ditfused, afl'ect certain individuals less violently than others, or even allow them to brave the danger of exposure with perfect impunity. Ou each of these points the yellow fever of this and other places offers so wide a field of investigation, and several of them have given rise to such a number of con tradictory statements, that the objects of the present work - historical and comparative as they are - would be but imperfectly attained were we not to dwell upon these points somewhat in detail. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A History of the Diagnosis, Pathology and Treatment of Yellow Fever When yellow fever first began its ravages in the south, Louisville declared against quarantines, opened wide her doors, and bade the fleeing refugees from the plague-smitten districts to come and freely partake of her hospitality. It soon became evident that among the many refugees who came to our city that cases of yellow fever would occur; and the mayor and board of health speedily set about preparing a suitable hospital for the reception and treatment of such cases. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This innovative history of the Okefenokee Swamp reveals it as a place where harsh realities clashed with optimism, shaping the borderland culture of southern Georgia and northern Florida for over two hundred years. From the formation of the Georgia colony in 1732 to the end of the Great Depression, the Okefenokee Swamp was a site of conflict between divergent local communities. Coining the term “ecolocalism” to describe how local cultures form out of ecosystems and in relation to other communities, Megan Kate Nelson offers a new view of the Okefenokee, its inhabitants, and its rich and telling record of thwarted ambitions, unintended consequences, and unresolved questions. The Okefenokee is simultaneously terrestrial and aquatic, beautiful and terrifying, fertile and barren. This peculiar ecology created discord as human groups attempted to overlay firm lines of race, gender, and class on an area of inherent ambiguity and blurred margins. Rice planters, slaves, fugitive slaves, Seminoles, surveyors, timber barons, Swampers, and scientists came to the swamp with dreams of wealth, freedom, and status that conflicted in varied and complex ways. Ecolocalism emerged out of these conflicts between communities within the Okefenokee and other borderland swamps. Nelson narrates the fluctuations, disconnections, and confrontations embedded in the muck of the swamp and the mire of its disorderly history, and she reminds us that it is out of such places of intermingling and uncertainty that cultures are forged.