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After scientists confirmed that mosquitoes can transmit yellow fever and other diseases, mosquito control emerged as an important public health measure. Discover how Americans have managed mosquitoes at home and abroad through this selection of items from the NLM collection.
“Yellow Fever Epidemic: What Should be Done? Imperative Need of a National Sanitary Board,” September 14, 1888
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Politicians allowed the National Board of Health to cease functioning a few years before the 1888 epidemic in Jacksonville, Florida. The National Board of Health, established in 1879, assisted the states and managed national quarantine policy. Writing from the safety of Boston physician and activist Henry I. Bowditch plead for the reestablishment of a national sanitary board to respond to epidemics.
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