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Letter from George F. Lehman to Samuel Jackson
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George F. Lehman, Philadelphia physician, was born on 9 June 1793. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1813. Lehman was a member of the Philadelphia Board of Health and, for many years, physician and quarantine master at the Lazaretto. He died on 22 Sept. 1859 of heart disease at Mount Holly, N.J.
Letter written by George F. Lehman from the Lazaretto, 14 June 1821, reporting on voyage of London Packet from New Orleans to Philadelphia in 1821 to illustrate non-contagious nature of yellow fever. Lehman describes habits and symptoms of passengers who fell ill with the disease.
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