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World Service,2 mins

Tales of extreme courage, self-sacrifice and compassion

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Writer Molly Crosby recounts the extraordinary heroism of doctors, nuns, priests and others who looked after the 17 thousand victims of the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. Image: An illustration of a nun caring for a patient during the yellow fever epidemic.

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