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Epidemics

Cholera and other epidemics and health concerns in and around Harpers Ferry and Jefferson County, WV, chronicling the region’s public health history.

This topic appears in 80 indexed records between 1821 and 1919.
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August 2, 2023
August 2, 2023

Cholera; Irish Laborers suffering in Harpers Ferry

THE CHOLERA. In Baltimore the deaths by cholera from the 23d to the 30th ult, inclusive, were 99. The disease does not excite any alarm, and indeed there is no perceptible change in the pursuits of […]
September 1, 1832
December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020

Treatment of Cholera

Treatment of Cholera.— Extract of a letter received from one of the first surgeons at New Castle, and the most successful in the treatment of Cholera. “When the patient is cold, and the pulse at the […]
August 16, 1832
December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020

Cholera ravages Ireland

The Cholera continued its ravages in Ireland. New cases on the 9th, 98, deaths 38. Cork, new Cases 76, deaths 14. In London the disease was nearly extinct.
June 21, 1832
December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020

Cholera in Ireland

Liverpool, May 1. — In Ireland, and especially in the capital, the disease appears to be making considerable progress. On Friday 112 new cases were announced in Dublin, and the deaths from the commencement of the […]
June 7, 1832
May 23, 2020
May 23, 2020

Relief to the Irish

The subscription in Liverpool to relieve the distressed in Ireland, amounted, on the 11th of June, to 13116 14s. Sir James Mackintosh has obtained a pledge from the House of Commons “that it would take into […]
August 6, 1822
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1830s 34 records
1850s 13 records
1910s 12 records
1820s 6 records
1890s 4 records
1880s 3 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Epidemics" across historical collections.

Carroll
3 records
Moler
3 records
Houser
3 records
Miller
3 records
Flanagan
3 records
Bennett
2 records
Entler
2 records
Griggs
2 records
Harper
2 records
Markle
2 records
Shutt
2 records
Turner
2 records
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