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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 old was the servant boy that Dr. Rush trained to open a vein and see the sick?

2. How many died from yellow fever on Saturday, October 12?

3. In what alley did Helmuth find 40 dead?

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

5. By the time Dr. Rush contracted yellow fever, how many doctors had died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dr. Rush do when the College of Physicians declared that the plague had not been caused by yellow fever?

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

3. Where did water come from in 1793?

4. Why did Dr. Rush continue seeing patients when he had yellow fever himself?

5. What was vis medicatrix naturae?

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

7. What type of treatment did Dr. Rush prescribe at the beginning of the epidemic?

8. Why did it seem that the entire city had collapsed at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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

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

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

The plague was referred to as an "Unmerciful Enemy." Why? Discuss why the plague was referred to as an "Unmerciful Enemy."

Essay Topic 3

The black nurses who cared for the sick were accused of price gouging. Discuss price gouging and how Mayor Clarkson dealt with the matter.

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