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→1882: add material from Occie Clubbs
Dr. Hargis reported "exceedingly stringent precautions around our city to prevent refugees communicating the disease."<ref>Hargis, R.B.S. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2272478 "The Pensacola Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1882"]</ref>
{{cquote|The Spanish vessel ''Salita'' was responsible for a terrible epidemic in 1882, bringing the disease from Havana. There were 2,200 cases, 1,200 being Negroes. Only two of the latter died; but there were approximately 250 fatalities among the whites. Dr. James S. Herron was at the head of the hospital and gave devoted service to the ill. Dr. Robert B. S. Hargis, President of the County Board of Health, was an able assistant, as was the secretary, Dr. Whitney.|20px|20px|[[Occie Clubbs]], writing in the ''Florida Historical Quarterly''.}}
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