Plague among the magnolias the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in mississippi tuscaloosa university of alabama press 2009 xv 188 pp ill 3495 978 0 8173 1653 2 the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in the american south stands alongside the 1918 influenza epidemic among the most important disease events in united states. Download citation plague among the magnolias the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in mississippi deanne stephens nuwer explores the social political racial and economic consequences of the 1878 . Humphreysmargaret 2010 plague among the magnolias the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in mississippi bulletin of the history of medicine 842 301 303. Download citation plague among the magnolias the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in mississippi review the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in the american south stands alongside the 1918 influenza . A scholarly book about the yellow fever epidemic of 1878 that claimed over 20000 lives mostly in mississippi louisiana and tennessee especially interesting is its look at what passed for medical care in the 19th century in the deep south and the total ineffectiveness of state governments response to the crisis