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U.S. Army surgeon Major Walter Reed and his discovery of the causes of yellow fever is one of the most important contributions in the field of medicine and human history. During the Spanish-American war, more American soldiers died from yellow fever, malaria, and other diseases than from combat.
Walter Reed (September 13, 1851 – November 22, 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than by direct contact.
- 1876–1902
- United States Army
Apr 5, 2024 · Reed proved that an attack of yellow fever was caused by the bite of an infected mosquito, Stegomyia fasciata (later renamed Aedes aegypti), and that the same result could be obtained by injecting into a volunteer blood drawn from a patient suffering from yellow fever.
Nov 13, 2019 · At the end of the 19 th century, a growing community of medical researchers, including Walter Reed, worked relentlessly to provide answers. Most of them believed that yellow fever was caused by bacteria and spread by fomites – objects soiled with human blood and excrement.
There was a time when every school child could recite the tale of how Maj. Walter Reed proved the Cuban physician Carlos Finlay’s theory that mosquitoes transmitted yellow fever to human...
May 26, 2013 · The Experiments. Reed established a small camp at Quemados, Cuba to conduct his experiments. After a quarantine period to ensure none of the volunteers already had the disease, Reed exposed five men to bites from Finlay’s mosquitoes. After three to five days, each man fell ill with yellow fever.
At the dawn of the 20th century, a U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board stationed in Cuba, headed by Major Walter Reed, confirmed a theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay about the role of...
