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Yellow Fever: Warfare’s Ancient Enemy

June 1, 2013 by Martin Hill Leave a Comment

Yellow Fever: Warfare’s Ancient Enemy

Yellow fever was an ancient scourge of 18th and 19th century battlefields, causing more fatalities than bullets, cannon, or swords. The dreadful disease, which was brought from Africa to the tropical Americas by the slave trade, struck military camps without warning, decimating entire armies.

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