The Great fever / a Bosch and Company Inc. film for American Experience ; written and produced by Adriana Bosch.

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In June 1900, Major Walter Reed, Chief Surgeon of the U.S. Army, led a medical team to Cuba on a mission to investigate yellow fever. For more than two hundred years U.S. cities had experienced outbreaks of the disease, which killed an estimated 100,000 people in the 19th century alone. Shortly afte...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Author: PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Bosch, Adriana
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2006], ©2006.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Reed, Walter, > 1851-1902.
Lazear, Jesse William, > 1866-1900.
Carroll, James, > 1854-1907.
Finlay, Carlos J. > (Carlos Juan), > 1833-1915.
Yellow Fever Commission (U.S.)
Yellow Fever > epidemiology.
Yellow Fever > history.
Disease Outbreaks > history.
History, 20th Century.
Mosquito Control > history.
United States.
Yellow fever > History.
Yellow fever > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Yellow fever.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
History.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
History.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Events:
  • Epidemic in Philadelphia, 1793
  • 1878 epidemic
  • Scourge of the Spanish American war
  • Yellow fever and the scientific method
  • Epidemic in New Orleans, 1905
  • Yellow fever in the 20th century and today.