Disease Death and Doctors

Yellow Fever and Napoleon's Epic Fail

January 01, 2021 The Honorable Doctor John and The less Honorable Doctor Guy Season 1 Episode 19
Disease Death and Doctors
Yellow Fever and Napoleon's Epic Fail
Show Notes

In the final episode of Season I, Doctor John and Doctor Guy discuss the time Napoleon "dropped the Crepe" and lost nearly 50,000 French troops in the West Indies to Yellow Fever and the army of a brilliant freed slave, L'Ouverture, ultimately setting the stage for the Louisiana Purchase.  (AKA The United States biggest land purchase #ever)  History and science are all over this one.