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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pounds of blood did Dr. Rush and other doctors at that time believe that the human body held?

2. How much did some whites charge to put a corpse in a coffin and haul it to a waiting wagon?

3. Whose letter did Dr. Rush find in his old medical books about the yellow plagues that had occurred in Virginia about fifty years earlier?

4. How often had the College of Physicians promised to meet during the plague?

5. By September 5, how many of Dr. Rush's patients did he claim improved with the Ten-and-Ten treatment?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Jones and Allen took Carey to task for things he wrote in his book about blacks, what did Carey add to his book?

2. What did Rev. Helmuth write about visits he made at night to visit the sick?

3. What was the Ten-and-Ten treatment?

4. Where did water come from in 1793?

5. Why were conditions so desperate at Bush Hill?

6. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what were conditions like at Bush Hill?

7. What were sleeping accommodations like in Germantown?

8. What was vis medicatrix naturae?

9. Who was Stephen Girard?

10. How did landlords respond during the plague?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Three members of a special committee formed by Mayor Clarkson stood out in the performance of their duties. Discuss Israel Israel, Peter Helm, and Stephen Girard and their work as volunteers on the special committee.

Essay Topic 2

Neighboring states began to fear the plague spreading from Philadelphia to their areas. Discuss how various areas and citizens reacted to the plague and the citizens of Philadelphia.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the treatments that various doctors used during the plague.

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