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Lazaretto: How Philadelphia Used an Unpopular Quarantine Based on Disputed Science Fantasy and undergoing huge lifestyle overhaulsHow the controversial practice of quarantine saved nineteenth century Philadelphia after a series of deadly epidemics. In the 1790s, four devastating yellow fever epidemics threatened the survival of Philadelphia, the nation's capital and largest city. In response, the city built a new quarantine station called the Lazaretto downriver from its port. From 1801 to 1895, a strict quarantine was enforced there to protect the city against yellow fever,