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1. www.pbs.org › newshour › healthHow Walter Reed earned his status as a legend and ... - PBS

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   After interning at the Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn and a stint with the Brooklyn Health Department, he married Emilie Lawrence in 1876. Only a year earlier, he sat for a grueling...

2. www.arlingtoncemetery.net › walterreWalter Reed - Major, United States Army Medical Corps

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   Mar 1, 2024 · BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, Pennsylvania – July 123, 1950 – Mrs. Emilie Lawrence Reed, widow of Dr. Walter Reed, the conqueror of Yellow Fever, died early today at her home here. She was 94 years old. Born in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, Mrs. Reed was one of nine children of John and Hannah Rea Lawrence.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Walter-ReedWalter Reed | American Pathologist, Bacteriologist & Medical ...

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   May 29, 2024 · After marrying Emilie Lawrence in April 1876, Reed was transferred to Fort Lowell in Arizona, where his wife soon joined him. During the next 18 years—changing stations almost every year—Reed was on garrison duty, often at frontier stations.

4. gloucesterva.gov › museum-of-history › exhibitsDr. Walter Reed (1851-1902)- Conqueror of the Yellow Fever

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   Nov 2, 2023 · In this same year he married Miss Emilie Lawrence, of Murfreesboro, North Carolina. He had two children Walter Lawrence Reed born at Fort Apache (1877) and Emilie Lawrence Reed born at Fort Omaha (1883). Stricken with appendicitis, he died of acute peritonitis on November 23, 1902.

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5. circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov › 2013/09/13Celebrating Walter Reed – Circulating Now from the NLM ...

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   Sep 13, 2013 · In 1874, Reed met his future wife, Emilie Lawrence, in North Carolina and shortly thereafter he decided to join the Army. He was appointed as an assistant surgeon with the rank of first lieutenant and was sent out to the American west.

6. medicalmuseum.health.mil › micrograph › indexWalter Reed - A Name for the Ages - Military Health System

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   Dec 22, 2022 · After working in New York City for several years he sought a more stable income so he could marry Emilie Lawrence of North Carolina. Reed joined the U.S. Army, which would provide him opportunities leading to his remarkable accomplishments, leaving indelible marks on the country and the world.

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   What did Mrs Reed say after he died?

   • “When his great work was accomplished,” Mrs. Reed wrote after her husband’s death, “the happiness which filled his soul was entirely for the suffering he would spare humanity. He rejoiced that he had not lived in vain, and that God had seen fit to make him an instrument of good.” MHQ

   How Walter Reed Secured His Place in Medical History

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   Was Walter Reed informed about the risks he took?

   • In recent historical accounts, much has been made of Walter Reed’s insistence that the impoverished Spanish immigrants and the enlisted soldiers who “volunteered” for these human experiments were informed about the risks they were taking.

   How Walter Reed earned his status as a legend and hospital namesake …

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   Did Walter Reed help stop the spread of a deadly illness?

   • [Accessed: 6/2/2024] The U.S. Army doctor Walter Reed — with the assistance of a few brave volunteers — helped stop the spread of a deadly illness ravaging the tropics.

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   How did Dr Reed prevent yellow fever?

   • In 1901, on the basis of their meticulous findings, Dr. Reed prescribed aggressive mosquito-eradication procedures, involving the control of larvae and water-breeding spots, that sharply diminished the incidence of yellow fever in Cuba and, a few years later, in Panama, where 50, 000 laborers were building the canal.

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8. www.historynet.com › how-walter-reed-secured-hisHow Walter Reed Secured His Place in Medical History

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   Jun 29, 2021 · In 1874 Reed met his future wife, Emilie Lawrence, and made a career choice that eventually led to his world-­changing research and the virtual eradication of yellow fever: He decided to enter the U.S. Army Medical Corps.