Kacy TillmanNelson, Abigail L.2020-04-242020-04-242020-05-21Nelson, Abigail L. . “The Origins of Racial Discrimination in Public Health: The 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic of Philadelphia.” Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2020. https://doi.org/10.48497/01X2-MN18.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11868/1001Recommended Citation: Nelson, Abigail L. . “The Origins of Racial Discrimination in Public Health: The 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic of Philadelphia.” Honors Program, The University of Tampa, 2020. https://doi.org/10.48497/01X2-MN18.At the start of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first public health doctrines were being formulated into proper legal documents as the city struggled to stem the outbreak. This paper argues that the origins of discriminatory rhetoric in public health can be traced back to the racist ideas of Matthew Carey and Benjamin Rush.en-USYellow Fever Epidemic1793PhiladelphiaRacismPublic HealthBenjamin RushMathew CareAbsalom JonesRichard AllenThesishttps://doi.org/10.48497/01x2-mn18