We know a lot about New York鈥檚 18th-century doctors, who left behind diaries and letters and accounts of their work. We know far less about front-line workers such as gravediggers, those who provided food and firewood to the poor, and nurses, who were often working-class women and men who played extraordinarily important roles during the yellow fever epidemics that slammed the city in the 1790s. This talk explores front-line workers and the mixed-race hospital staffs they formed to care for the ill during a period of great change and uncertainty in New York City.
Carolyn Eastman, Ph.D., Professor of History, Virginia Commonwealth University
Edward Holmes, Ph.D., FAA, NHMRC Leadership Fellow, professor of virology, member, Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases, The University of Sydney
Tri-Institutional Calendars
The close proximity among the three institutions which comprise the Tri-I has led to a culture that encourages interinstitutional interactions and shared resources, including access to lectures and seminars from internationally renowned scientists and clinicians: