Type of Document Dissertation Author Pierce, Gerald Joseph Author's Email Address gjpierce@mindspring.com URN etd-11192007-161527 Title Public and Private Voices: The Typhoid Fever Experience at Camp Thomas, 1898. Degree Ph.D. Department History Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Dr. Wendy H. Venet Committee Chair Dr. Charles G. Steffen Committee Member Dr. Stuart Galishoff Committee Member Keywords
- Walter Reed
- Chickamauga
- Camp Thomas
- Tyhpoid Fever
- U.S. Volunteers
- Spanish-American War Disease
Date of Defense 2007-10-31 Availability unrestricted Abstract This dissertation examines the experience of those involved in the typhoid fever outbreak at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga National Military Park, Georgia between April and August 1898. Among American volunteer soliders in the Spanish-American War, those stationed at this camp suffered the highest number of typhoid cases and deaths from typhoid. Treatments of the war have referred to the outbreak and some studies have examined it as part of wider subjects, but none from the standpoint of those involved, commanders, doctors, civilians, officers and enlisted men. The mobilized soldiers represented numerous states and reflected the disease experience of civilian society. The study considers the mobilization process, the disease outbreak and the aftermath.Files
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