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The Epidemic. The yellow fever was brought to the city by a ship that had arrived from Cuba. [1] The yellow fever epidemic occurred during late 1870, beginning in August to the end of the year. There were a total of 1235 deaths; 468 women and 767 men. [1] The epidemic ended due to the city following hygienic measures and the mosquitoes not ...
Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. Yellow fever may also refer to: Yellow Fever (album), a 1975 blues-rock album by Hot Tuna. Yellow Fever!, a 2006 Latin-electronica album by Señor Coconut (Uwe Schmidt) Yellow Fever (play), a 1982 play by R. A. Shiomi. "Yellow Fever" ( Supernatural), an episode of the television series ...
Yellow Fever is a play by R. A. Shiomi, which takes place on Powell Street in Japantown, Vancouver, a gathering place for the local Japanese-Canadian culture. Set in the 1970s, the Sam Spade -like main character, Sam Shikaze, must work to unravel the mysteries that surround him. [2] First produced by the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in 1982, it ...
Giuseppe Sanarelli. Giuseppe Sanarelli (24 September 1865 – 6 April 1940) was an Italian bacteriologist who incorrectly identified the cause of yellow fever as a bacterium. It was however found later by Walter Reed that the bacterium Bacillus icterioides was a secondary infection. In 1897 he triggered the first major public debate on medical ...
His work on yellow fever was widely criticized as taking an inaccurate approach that was contradictory to contemporary research, and confusing yellow fever with other pathogens. In 1927-28 three different papers appeared in medical journals that discredited his theories. It turned out he had confused yellow fever with leptospirosis. The vaccine ...
Havana, Cuba. Alma mater. Jefferson Medical College. Known for. Mosquito and yellow fever research. Carlos Juan Finlay (December 3, 1833 – August 20, 1915) was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes Aedes aegypti. [1]
After the Spanish–American War, in which more U. S. soldiers were killed by yellow fever (known as Yellow Jack) than in battle, the War Department sent a medical commission to Cuba to find, if possible, the cause and cure of this deadly tropical disease. The commission was headed by Dr. Walter Reed. With him was Dr. James Carroll.
