Yellow Fever Exit Ticket 1/31

What were the symptoms of the yellow fever described in the text?

• Fever and cough

• Sore throat and runny nose

• Chills, headache, and back pain

• Stomach ache and fatigue

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Who was called in to help Catherine LeMaigre when she was dying from yellow fever?

• Dr. Hugh Hodge

• Dr. John Redman

• Dr. John Foulke

• Dr. Benjamin Rush

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What did the doctors believe was the cause of the outbreak of yellow fever?

• Dog bites

• Excessive drinking

• Rotten food on Ball's Wharf

• Contaminated water

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What did Dr. Rush compare the symptoms of the current yellow fever outbreak to?

• A sickness from 1762

• A common cold

• A case of food poisoning

• A recent flu outbreak

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What was the medical theory that doctors based their thinking on at the time?

• Virus theory

• Germ theory

• Greek humoral theory

• Microscopic organisms theory