André Mazet (December 1793 - October 22, 1821) was a French doctor. His book, ""Observations sur la Fievre Jaune, Faites a Cadix, en 1819"" was an account of a yellow fever outbreak in Cadiz. Mazet was one of the five members of the medical commission sent to Barcelona by the French government to fight the Yellow Fever epidemic. He arrived in Barcelona on October 8th and was almost immediately infected with yellow fever, and died along with several thousand citizens during the 1821 outbreak. No artist credited, reproduction of a lithograph, 1821.

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Death of André Mazet, 1821

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