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这群佛罗里达杰克森威尔市的居民中，没有几个人知道他们要远离的是蚊子
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美国陆军医师发现「黄热病」的病因
1900年8月27日
在这项实验之前，黄热病在美国南方流行了很长一段时间。由于不知道这个疾病究竟是怎么感染的，许多人在疾病最严重的夏天就会离开南方。自从1888年在佛罗里达的杰克森威尔 (Jacksonville) 发现第一宗黄热病病例后，吓坏了的居民开始打包自己的行李，准备搭火车离开家乡。有些人感到相当恐慌，他们甚至来不及关掉炉子上的火，也忘了把家门关上。而发现第一宗病例的「五月花饭店」也因为众人的指责而遭到焚毁。
Prior to this experiment, epidemics of yellow fever were common in the American South. Not knowing how the disease was transmitted, many people would leave the South for the summer, when epidemics were most common. In an 1888 yellow fever epidemic in Jacksonville, Florida, terrified citizens packed themselves onto trains leaving town. Some were so panicked, they left fires burning and the doors of their houses wide open. The Mayflower Hotel, where the epidemic started, was condemned and ordered burned to the ground.
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