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  1. Washington & Jefferson College. Children. 2. Jesse William Lazear (May 2, 1866 – September 25, 1900) was an American physician, best known for deliberately allowing a mosquito to bite him to prove it was how yellow fever was transmitted. His hypothesis was correct and he died 17 days after the transmission.

  2. Jesse Lazear (1866-1900) When Jesse Lazear died from yellow fever, he left a wife, a newborn child, and an infant. He also left a lasting contribution to the scientific understanding of the ...

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  4. Apr 30, 2024 · yellow fever. Jesse William Lazear (born May 2, 1866, Baltimore county, Md., U.S.—died Sept. 26, 1900, Quemados, Cuba) was an American physician and member of the commission that proved that the infectious agent of yellow fever is transmitted by a mosquito, later known as Aëdes aegypti. Lazear received his medical degree (1892) from the ...

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  5. Sep 25, 2017 · After Lazear's death, Reed claims to have found references to self-experimentation in his notes. Reed kept the notebook in his office for the rest of his career, but it went missing shortly after ...

  6. Aug 28, 2013 · Jesse William Lazear was born in Baltimore in 1866. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Johns Hopkins University in 1889, followed by an MD from Columbia in 1892. Returning to Hopkins after further study in Europe, he was appointed bacteriologist in the School of Medicine. In February 1900 he was appointed assistant surgeon with the US Army ...

  7. Nov 13, 2019 · On Sept. 18, Jesse Lazear contracted yellow fever, and died from the disease on Sept. 25. 15. For over 100 years, historians have debated the circumstances that led to Lazear’s death. In Lazear’s notebook, he records that he administered a bite from an infected mosquito to a test subject known as “Guinea Pig No. 1” around Sept. 18.

  8. Jan 26, 2009 · A doctor named Jesse William Lazear recognized that the mosquitoes that bit the last two men had been older than the others. Doctor Lazear proved that mosquitoes did carry yellow fever. Doctor Lazear himself was also bitten. No one is sure how it happened. He said it happened accidentally as he treated others.

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