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<title>“An account of the origin, symptoms and treatment of the epidemic fever, which now prevails in the city of Philadelphia: in a letter from Dr. Benjamin Rush to Dr. John Rodgers” in <em>The American Mercury</em>, October 21, 1793 | NLM)(example)</title>
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<h3>“An account of the origin, symptoms and treatment of the epidemic fever, which now prevails in the city of Philadelphia: in a letter from Dr. Benjamin Rush to Dr. John Rodgers” in <em>The American Mercury</em>, October 21, 1793</h3>
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<p>People outside Pennsylvania followed developments in Philadelphia. During the height of the epidemic, this Connecticut newspaper dedicated three columns to a letter in which Dr. Benjamin Rush outlined his suggested treatment plan.</p>
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