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11 reviews for Pretty Plague Don We Now Our Plague Apparel Ugly Christmas Shirt

H***** S*
Rated 5 out of 5
Great quality, very soft!
A***** C*******
Rated 5 out of 5
MCR is my granddaughters favorite band. She loved the shirt.
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Rated 5 out of 5
Perfect for a MCR lover gift
A***** C*******
Rated 5 out of 5
pricey
K****
Rated 5 out of 5
This shirt fit as expected. Print looks great. No complaints.
C**********
Rated 1 out of 5
I bought an xxl for my son and it was way too small.
F**********
Rated 5 out of 5
Required for class
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Rated 5 out of 5
This is the classic history of Philadelphia's yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The horrific physical and social effects of the disease are described in...More
This is the classic history of Philadelphia's yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The horrific physical and social effects of the disease are described in revolting detail, and the high-stakes medical debate between the illustrious doctor Benjamin Rush and his opponents is ably recounted. In addition to Dr. Rush, the author presents compelling portraits of the merchant Stephen Girard (who took over management of the key medical facility), Dolly Madison (whose first husband succumbed to the fever) and other important figures. Anyone interested in how Ebola is affecting West Africa today could do far worse than to read this book, even though it describes a different epidemic in a very different time and place.
G****** H*****
Rated 5 out of 5
An excellent, anecdote-driven exploration into one of the most terrifying epidemics we've faced in this country. Mr. Powell chooses from some wonderfu...More
An excellent, anecdote-driven exploration into one of the most terrifying epidemics we've faced in this country. Mr. Powell chooses from some wonderful source material and weaves it in a way that delivers a gut-punching impact.

In particular, this book touches on some of the most important principles in the history of Public Health in this country, including the battle between advocates of contagion vs miasma theory and the historically-relevant importance of class/societal standing and the effect it has on health.
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Rated 5 out of 5
If you want real drama, this book has it. If you want characters of great strength on the one hand and great cads on the other, this book has that, to...More
If you want real drama, this book has it. If you want characters of great strength on the one hand and great cads on the other, this book has that, too. What a story, all about a yellow fever epidemic that raged through Philadelphia in 1793--and how the population reacted to it. Some of the people in this drama are incredible. Take Stephen Girard, a man so wealthy that he left a bequeath for a school for orphan boys that still exists today, Girard College. Yet, he became personally involved in helping victims of a disease that no one understood and were deathly afraid of. There is Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, who is convinced his way of treating people with the disease is valid even after some patients, no many patients die. There are the black, ex-slaves, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, who considered themselves equals in the City of Brotherly Love yet, who were so discriminated against by whites that they founded their own church, the African Methodist Episcopal church. They mobilize the black community of the city, too, to provide aide during the epidemic when the whites mostly fled. Again, what a wonderful, but tragic story this is. It is an exceptional book and a great story. How fortunate it is that J.H. Powell wrote it.
K*****
Rated 5 out of 5
Obviousely by what was written from the first reviewer he has no medical knowledge. This book portrays a disasterous time in Philadelphia that was rep...More
Obviousely by what was written from the first reviewer he has no medical knowledge. This book portrays a disasterous time in Philadelphia that was repeated several times thereafter. However, the medical treatment in this time was based on the humours of the body : black bile, yellow bile, blood and phelgm. They utilized bloodletting and mercury concoctions to purge the body of "pestilence".

This book tells the story of the time of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793. It paints a picture of a time where cleanliness wasn't exactly up to par and nor was the medical care. At the time Philadelphia was thought to have the leading field in medicine, however the doctors were not prepared for that kind of crisis. There was many theories about what was causing the sickness. In that time they believed that rotting coffee brought overseas was the reason why people were falling ill. Another believed that it was unseen vectors in the air.

That summer many french refugees from the island of santa domingo arrived telling tales or a horrid fever. That July was when the fever struck; people had violent fever, yellow skin and black vomit. They usually died within a few days. When the frost finally arrived that November and killed the mosquitoes (that were the cause of it) one-tenth of the citys residents had died.

I highly recommend this book. It paints a clear picture of an effect of an epidemic in a time when not much could be done.