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A Melancholy Scene of Devastation: The Public Response to the 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic Hardcover sometimes to the accompaniment ofEstes, J. Worth, and Billy G. Smith, eds., 2013, xii + 212pp., Illus., paperback In modern America, where the triumph over disease is often taken for granted and yellow fever has ceased to be a menace, it is difficult to appreciate the fear once engendered by this disease. The 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic was no mere round of sickness but a major public health emergency that paralyzed city functions, halted business and trade, and caused a