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  • How a 16th Century King’s Decision Sort of Led to the Doctor’s Riot of 1788

    How a 16th Century King’s Decision Sort of Led to the Doctor’s Riot of 1788

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    Andy McPhee

    Doctor’s Riot, Grave Robbers, History
    March 11, 2022

    With body snatching all the rage during the late 1700s, let’s look at who kind of, sort of, in a way started it all.

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  • When the Publick Rose Up Against Its Doctors, Part 2

    When the Publick Rose Up Against Its Doctors, Part 2

    By

    Andy McPhee

    History of Doctor’s Riot, People Involved
    January 31, 2022

    How one medical student started a riot against Columbia College

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  • When the Publick Rose Up Against Its Doctors, Part 1

    When the Publick Rose Up Against Its Doctors, Part 1

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Doctor’s Riot, History, People Involved
    January 27, 2022

    Part 1 of a 2-part series on the Doctor’s Riot of 1788

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  • Meet the Heroic Docs of the Donora Smog Disaster of 1948

    Meet the Heroic Docs of the Donora Smog Disaster of 1948

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Donora Death Fog, Donora History
    January 10, 2022

    Get to know some of the physician-heroes of the Donora smog disaster of 1948.

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  • Meet the Toxicologist Who Nailed the Smelter Industry After the Donora Smog

    Meet the Toxicologist Who Nailed the Smelter Industry After the Donora Smog

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Donora Death Fog, Donora History, Donora Smog Event, Mary Amdur and Donora
    November 5, 2021

    Who was Mary Amdur, and how does she relate to the Donora smog disaster?

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  • Damn You, Ted Lasso!

    Damn You, Ted Lasso!

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Just Me
    October 12, 2021

    When Ted Lasso examined his past with his father, I did too.

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  • Did US Steel Officials Know Dangers of Asbestos Used in Cement City?

    Did US Steel Officials Know Dangers of Asbestos Used in Cement City?

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Donora History
    August 29, 2021

    Why were asbestos shingles used in Center City? Didn’t US Steel know the dangers?

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  • The Unimaginable Grief of One Mon Valley Family in the early 1900s

    The Unimaginable Grief of One Mon Valley Family in the early 1900s

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Donora History
    May 11, 2021

    Howard and Iva Dail Hart suffered more than their share of grief working and living in the Mon Valley many years ago, when life was brutally difficult.

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  • Writing with a Painful Paw

    Writing with a Painful Paw

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Just Me, Writing
    February 26, 2021

    I’m deep in writing again, and dang if my hand pain didn’t come back. CBD to the rescue!

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  • How Thomas Edison’s Cement Contributed to Donora’s Storied History

    How Thomas Edison’s Cement Contributed to Donora’s Storied History

    By

    Andy McPhee

    Donora History
    January 3, 2021

    The Wizard of Menlo Park helped ease a housing crisis in Donora.

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