3. Waking Up To Yellow Fever
03/06/25 • 52 min
You've lived through a global pandemic, but have you ever lived through an epidemic? Dr. Benjamin Rush sure did, not 20 years after he penned his name down on the Declaration of Independence. Did he have some quirky ideas on how to heal people afflicted with yellow fever? Well... yeah. Have we learned anything from that experience? Well... sorta.
Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.
You've lived through a global pandemic, but have you ever lived through an epidemic? Dr. Benjamin Rush sure did, not 20 years after he penned his name down on the Declaration of Independence. Did he have some quirky ideas on how to heal people afflicted with yellow fever? Well... yeah. Have we learned anything from that experience? Well... sorta.
Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.
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Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.
https://www.webstercoky.com/history/harps.php
https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/606?tour=41&index=1
https://www.appalachiabare.com/the-devil-in-appalachia-the-bloodthirsty-harpe-brothers/
http://tnency.utk.tennessee.edu/entries/micajah-and-wiley-harpe/
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-harpes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpe_brothers
https://wckyhistory-genealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Accounts-of-the-Harpe-Brothers.pdf
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Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
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