Feb 10, 2022 · The Fever Man narrates the biography of John Gorrie, M.D., who invented machines for room ventilation, air conditioning, and ice making during a yellow fever epidemic beginning in 1841.

The Feverman: Directed by Michael Gornick. With John C. Vennema, David McCallum, Abby Lewis, Patrick Garner. A skeptical doctor wants to prove to his desperate friend with a sick daughter that the local legendary healer he wants to see is a fraud.

Gorrie's medical research involved the study of tropical diseases, particularly yellow fever. At the time the theory that bad air — mal-aria — caused diseases was a prevalent hypothesis, and based on this theory, he urged draining the swamps and the cooling of sickrooms. [3] For this he cooled rooms with ice in a basin suspended from the ...

Jun 28, 2023 · According to the book The Fever Man, Gorrie claimed to have been born to the mistress of a Spanish royal on the Isle of Nevis, in the Caribbean. But 1840 Franklin County Census records list Charleston, South Carolina as his birthplace in 1804, and that he was of Scotts-Irish descent.

The Fever Man narrates the biography of John Gorrie, M.D., who invented machines for room ventilation, air conditioning, and ice making during a yellow fever epidemic beginning in 1841. His goals were always to save the lives of fever patients by cooling them, and to improve public health literally by "draining the swa

The Fever Man: A Biography of Dr. John Gorrie. V.M. Sherlock, 1982. 1st Printing. 8Vo Softcover. Good. Item #91020 152p. White pages are unmarked. Covers are glossy with bumped corners and light surface wear. Binding is firm, spine is unbroken. Price: $30.00

"The Feverman" is the second episode of season one of the horror anthology series Monsters and the second episode in the series overall. It was directed by Michael Gornick with a teleplay written by Neal Marshall Stevens. It first aired in syndication on October 22nd, 1988. There are no notations or trivia available for this episode at this time.

When a doctor (Patrick Garner) is unable to heal a man's daughter (Michele Gornick), the desperate father (John C. Vennema) goes to "the Feverman" (David McCallum). The Feverman is a local healer who literally fights the illness.

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