Comments on: Buenos Aires & the 1871 Yellow Fever Epidemic http://baires.elsur.org/archives/buenos-aires-the-1871-yellow-fever-epidemic/ Life in Buenos Aires Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:42:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jeff http://baires.elsur.org/archives/buenos-aires-the-1871-yellow-fever-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Jeff Wed, 27 Jul 2005 04:52:38 +0000 http://baires.elsur.org/archives/buenos-aires-the-1871-yellow-fever-epidemic/#comment-34 Robert - thanks for the tip on the Dec '67 issue of "Todo es Historia"....I'm usually in those bookstores on Corrientes at least once a week. Indeed, actually, I should just start buying a lot of the old issues. It's an interesting publication. Regarding the daily death toll and people fleeing the diseased areas, I know that in the southern states of the US during the Yellow Fever epidemics that the outskirts of some towns were guarded by armed patrols to keep people from leaving the towns. Scary. Robert – thanks for the tip on the Dec ‘67 issue of “Todo es Historia”….I’m usually in those bookstores on Corrientes at least once a week. Indeed, actually, I should just start buying a lot of the old issues. It’s an interesting publication.

Regarding the daily death toll and people fleeing the diseased areas, I know that in the southern states of the US during the Yellow Fever epidemics that the outskirts of some towns were guarded by armed patrols to keep people from leaving the towns. Scary.

]]> By: Robert http://baires.elsur.org/archives/buenos-aires-the-1871-yellow-fever-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Robert Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:21:34 +0000 http://baires.elsur.org/archives/buenos-aires-the-1871-yellow-fever-epidemic/#comment-32 If you're really interested in the epidemic, there is a thorough study (plus diary entries of that time... early blogging, I guess) in the magazine "Todo es Historia," Dec 1967. Lots of copies can be found floating around the used book stores on Corrientes. The article is listed on the cover - 1871: Peste en Buenos Aires. Different sources quote different numbers, and to this day no one is sure of the exact toll on the population. 13,500 total seems like the figure people generally agree on. For me, the scary thing is not the number of monthly dead but DAILY dead. Imagine reading the newspaper every day to find out 170 died yesterday, 150 the day before, etc... that would make me want to run away as well! If you’re really interested in the epidemic, there is a thorough study (plus diary entries of that time… early blogging, I guess) in the magazine “Todo es Historia,” Dec 1967. Lots of copies can be found floating around the used book stores on Corrientes. The article is listed on the cover – 1871: Peste en Buenos Aires.

Different sources quote different numbers, and to this day no one is sure of the exact toll on the population. 13,500 total seems like the figure people generally agree on. For me, the scary thing is not the number of monthly dead but DAILY dead. Imagine reading the newspaper every day to find out 170 died yesterday, 150 the day before, etc… that would make me want to run away as well!

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Buenos Aires, City of Faded Elegance » The Irish in Argentina http://baires.elsur.org/archives/buenos-aires-the-1871-yellow-fever-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Buenos Aires, City of Faded Elegance » The Irish in Argentina Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:34:49 +0000 http://baires.elsur.org/archives/buenos-aires-the-1871-yellow-fever-epidemic/#comment-16 [...] Jeff Barry discusses the history of the Irish in Argentina as well as the impact of Buenos Aires’ 1871 Yellow Fever Epidemic. [...] [...] Jeff Barry discusses the history of the Irish in Argentina as well as the impact of Buenos Aires’ 1871 Yellow Fever Epidemic. [...]

]]>