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    American physician and medical researcher

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  1. www.imdb.com › name › nm0715748Walter Reed - IMDb

    Died August 20, 2001 (85) Add to list. Awards. 1 win. Photos 26. Known for. Flying Disc Man from Mars. 5.3. Kent Fowler. 1950. How to Make a Monster. 5.5. Detective Thompson. 1958. Superman and the Mole-Men. 5.5. Bill Corrigan. 1951. Mexican Spitfire's Elephant. 6.1.

    • Actor
    • February 10, 1916
    • 1 min
    • August 20, 2001
  2. How did Walter Reed die? - Kidney failure. Top questions and answers about Walter Reed

  3. Breakthrough. After arriving in Havana in late June 1900, Reed and fellow members of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board conducted experiments on human subjects to find the cause of yellow fever....

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  5. Walter Reed, (born Sept. 13, 1851, Belroi, Va., U.S.—died Nov. 22, 1902, Washington, D.C.), U.S. pathologist and bacteriologist. He received a medical degree at age 17 from the University of Virginia and entered the Army Medical Corps in 1875.

  6. Jun 8, 2018 · Walter Reed. Walter Reed (1851-1902), American military surgeon and head of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission, is widely known as the man who conquered yellow fever by tracing its origin to a particular mosquito species. Walter Reed was born on Sept. 13, 1851, at Belroi, Va., the son of a Methodist minister.

  7. Apr 22, 2024 · Yellow Fever. Yellow fever had been a mystery since the fifteenth century when its first cases were documented; some even believe that yellow fever was the cause of death for many of Christopher Columbus’s men. It affected the people of the United States annually.

  8. A neglected chronic appendicitis caused his death less than two years later on Nov. 22, 1902. A major medical center in Washington, D.C., is named for him. (1851–1902). One of the leaders in conquering the dreaded disease yellow fever was Walter Reed.

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