Remedies, Cures and Old Time Practice
 

 

    Epidemics  
       
Year Location Epidemic Notes
       
1657 Boston, Massachusetts Measles  
1687 Boston, Massachusetts Measles  
1690 New York Yellow Fever  
1713 Boston, Massachusetts Measles  
1729 Boston, Massachusetts Measles  
1732-1733 Worldwide Influenza  
1738 South Carolina Smallpox  
1739-1740 Boston, Massachusetts Measles  
1747 Connecticut Measles  
1747 New York Measles  
1747 Pennsylvania Measles  
1747 South Carolina Measles  
1759 North America Measles  
1761 North America Influenza  
1761 West Indies Influenza  
1772 North America Measles  
1775 Northeast North America Epidemic unknown  
1775-1776 Worldwide Influenza one of the worst Influenza epidemics
1783 Dover, Delaware Bilious Disorder, extremely fatal  
1788 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Measles  
1788 New York Measles  
1793 Vermont Putrid fever; Influenza  
1793 Virginia Influenza killed 500 in five counties during a 4 week timeframe
1793 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Epidemic unknown many unexplained deaths
1793 Middletown, Pennsylvania Epidemic unknown many unexplained deaths
1793-1794 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Yellow Fever one of the worst Yellow Fever epidemics
1796-1797 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Yellow Fever  
1798 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Yellow Fever one of the worst Yellow Fever epidemics
1803 New York Yellow Fever  
1820-1823 Nationwide Fever starts Schuylkill River and spreads
1831-1832 Nationwide Cholera brought by English emigrants
1832 New York City Cholera spreads to other major cities
1837 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Typhus  
1841 Nationwide Yellow Fever severe in the South
1847 New Orleans Yellow Fever  
1847-1848 Worldwide Influenza  
1848-1849 North America Cholera  
1850 Nationwide Yellow Fever  
1850-1851 North America Influenza  
1852 Nationwide Yellow Fever 8,000 deaths in New Orlean
1855 Nationwide Yellow Fever affected many parts of the nation
1857-1859 Worldwide Influenza one of the greatest Influenza epidemics
1860-1861 Pennsylvania Smallpox  
1865-1873 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever a series of recurring epidemics
1865-1873 New York Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever a series of recurring epidemics
1865-1873 Boston, Massachusetts Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever a series of recurring epidemics
1865-1873 New Orleans, Louisiana Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever a series of recurring epidemics
1865-1873 Baltimore, Maryland Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever a series of recurring epidemics
1865-1873 Memphis, Tennessee Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever a series of recurring epidemics
1865-1873 Washington, D.C. Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever a series of recurring epidemics
1873-1875 North America Influenza  
1873-1875 Europe Influenza  
1878 New Orleans, Louisiana Yellow Fever last great epidemic
1885 Plymouth, Pennsylvania Typhoid  
1886 Jacksonville, Florida Yellow Fever  
1918 Worldwide Influenza