Conjecture:
The jefferson.ilgenweb.net/epidemics.html web site says Yellow fever was an epidemic in the year 1852. Yellow fever is contracted by a mosquito bite and even today, 2012, there is no cure. However, there is a vaccine for prevention. New Orleans in 1852 lost 8,000 lives in late summer when the mosquitos are most prevalent.
Conjecture:
The jefferson.ilgenweb.net/epidemics.html web site says Yellow fever was an epidemic in the year 1852. Yellow fever is contracted by a mosquito bite and even today, 2012, there is no cure. However, there is a vaccine for prevention. New Orleans in 1852 lost 8,000 lives in late summer when the mosquitos are most prevalent.
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