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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. Where was Stephen Girard born?

2. For how many days did Peter Helm and Stephen Girard attend to Bush HIll?

3. By the first of September, how many people were jammed into Bush Hill?

4. How many died from the plague on October 7?

5. For how many years had doctors been using bloodletting or phlebotomy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Secretary of War Henry Knox do when President Washington left him in charge of the government in Philadelphia?

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

3. What problem did Thomas Sim Lee, governor of Maryland, ask Washington to help him solve?

4. How did Dr. Jean Deveze treat fever patients?

5. What were sleeping accommodations like in Germantown?

6. Why were the special committee members taking a risk when they borrowed money to run the city?

7. Where did water come from in 1793?

8. What type of treatment did Dr. William Currie recommend?

9. Who was Peter Helm?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1793, President Washington was concerned about the French Revolution. Discuss the French Revolution and why it troubled Washington.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Medical practices were in flux at the end of the eighteenth century. Discuss medical practices at the time of the plague and how these practices were changing.

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