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An angel triumphs over a snake on Daisy Murdoch’s second yellow fever medal. According to the Talbot Medical Museum’s account, the gold and enamel medal honored her nursing during an outbreak centered on Memphis. The museum identifies the snake as a symbol of yellow fever and says the medal bears her name.
The story behind that image began in Shreveport. The museum says Murdoch had a mild case of yellow fever there in 1873, then volunteered in makeshift wards and received a small gold medal from the city fathers. Five years later, while teaching in Wisconsin, she heard about the Memphis outbreak and volunteered again, nursing patients for six months. Both medals recognized her care for people with the disease, but the account leaves one detail open: who awarded her the Memphis medal?
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