Fever 1793 Vocab

3. A foul smell that often causes disease.
4. Orphan Mattie found on the streets with a doll; her mother died of fever.
9. Painter's apprentice at the Peale House; Mattie's crush.
10. Mattie's mom; got yellow fever.
12. Real doctor; diagnosed Mother with yellow fever; treated her with blood letting.
13. Make a continuous low humming noise.
16. Freed African slave; husband died; works in the coffeehouse.
18. The main character; has the nickname Mattie; has a crush on Nathaniel Benson.
20. Colette and Jeannine Ogilvie's mother.

1. Famous doctor; uses blood-letting; signed Declaration of Independence.
2. Mattie's grandfather; served in the Revolutionary Army under George Washington; determined and strong.
5. One of Mattie's friends; worked in the coffeehouse; first to die of fever.
6. Fake doctor; has dirty hands and smells of rum; told Mother to bathe.
7. French doctor at Bush Hill; uses different methods than American doctors.
8. Rich French businessman; bought Bush Hill and turned it around.
11. One of the Ogilvie sisters; died from the fever.
14. To cause to rise or awaken.
15. One of the Ogilvie sisters; rude; mocked Mattie's family.
17. Old woman at Eliza's house.
19. Nurse at Bush Hill; treated Mattie.