The name John Henry Holliday is synonymous with the mythic West—a gambler, gunfighter, and tuberculosis patient whose life was as fleeting as it was infamous. Yet when the question arises, *”How old was Doc Holliday when he died?”*, the answer is deceptively simple: 36. But the story behind that number is a labyrinth of medical … Read more
The fever struck without warning. In the quiet Alabama town of Tuscumbia, on February 19, 1882, a 19-month-old Helen Keller—then known as Helen Adams—succumbed to a mysterious illness that would alter the course of her life and, by extension, the trajectory of disability rights. Doctors called it “acute congestion of the stomach and brain,” a … Read more
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/4-e69190f7de7342eb9f4b7714aa0357a1.jpg?w=800&strip=all "The Shocking Truth: When Did Helen Keller Go Blind and Deaf—and How It Changed History")
The fever struck without warning. On a humid June afternoon in 1880, in the quiet town of Tuscumbia, Alabama, a 19-month-old Helen Keller—then known simply as “Kell” to her family—was playing near her family’s well when she suddenly collapsed. Her parents, Kate Adams Keller and Arthur H. Keller, rushed to her side, but the child … Read more
The first recorded cases of yellow fever in the United States arrived with the Atlantic slave trade, but its true spread as a scourge of American cities began in the late 18th century. By the time Philadelphia’s 1793 epidemic killed nearly 5,000—one of the deadliest in U.S. history—yellow fever had already established itself as an … Read more
