![]() They “prescribed rest, fresh air, and lots of fluids. The French doctors of the time had a different approach. Benjamin Rush, used blood letting to rid the disease from the body and the cure became the reason many died. Owning and running a coffeehouse was considered a respectable business for a widow.” (p.247)Īs the epidemic of yellow fever, spread by mosquitoes in the heat of summer, overtook the city, fear led to unreasonable actions. People gathered in them to conduct business, talk politics, and catch up on the news of the day. If you, like me, thought that coffeehouses are a modern day convenience, Laurie Halse Anderson shows her research in the Appendix and says, “Coffeehouses were all the rage in the 1790’s. The heroine of the story, fourteen-year-old Matilda (Mattie) Cook and her widowed mother, with the help of her grandfather, are running a coffeehouse in Philadelphia in the year 1793. This is a great book for teaching teens and adults that, yes, history does repeat itself. ![]() Once I started reading, I couldn’t put it down. ![]() This copy was borrowed from my daughter’s extensive library. FEVER 1793, is a young adult, fictionalized account, of the yellow fever pandemic written by Laurie Halse Anderson and published in 2002. ![]()
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