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   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.

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   • Born: 2 May 1866, Baltimore

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Jesse-William-LazearJesse William Lazear | Yellow Fever, Cuba & Research

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   Apr 30, 2024 · 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.

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4. www.pbs.org › features › fever-jesse-lazearJesse Lazear (1866-1900) | American Experience | PBS

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   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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   Who was Jesse William Lazear?

   • Jesse William Lazear 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 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.

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   What happened to Jesse Lazear when he died?

   • 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 disease. Born in Baltimore County in 1866, Lazear graduated from the city's Johns Hopkins University in 1889. Three years later, he earned his M.D. from Columbia University in New York.

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   Did Jesse William Lazear study hemorrhagic fever?

   • This article is more than 6 years old. If you're studying deadly hemorrhagic fevers, the last thing you want to do is test your hypothesis on yourself -- but that actually was the last thing epidemiologist Jesse William Lazear did. Lazear been studying malaria and yellow fever since 1895, during his days at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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   Did Lazear decide to do science to himself?

   • However, there have been implications that Lazear did, in fact, decide do science to himself. After Lazear's death, Reed claims to have found references to self-experimentation in his notes.

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   Sep 25, 2017 · Jesse William Lazear. National Library of Medicine. If you're studying deadly hemorrhagic fevers, the last thing you want to do is test your hypothesis on yourself -- but that actually was...

7. blogs.library.jhu.edu › 2013 › 08Jesse Lazear, 1866-1900 – The Sheridan Libraries & University ...

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   Aug 28, 2013 · Jesse Lazear was a bacteriologist who worked with Walter Reed to prove that mosquitoes transmitted yellow fever and malaria in Cuba. He died of yellow fever in 1900, after a series of experiments that may have been accidental or deliberate.

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

9. medicalarchives.jhmi.edu › collection › juan-a-delJuan A. del Regato Collection of Jesse W. Lazear Materials

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   Jesse Lazear was a Johns Hopkins assistant surgeon who died of yellow fever in Cuba in 1900. The Juan A. del Regato Collection of Jesse Lazear Materials contains items compiled by del Regato, a Johns Hopkins colleague and friend, to write a biography of Lazear. The collection includes his academic and military records, photos, research data, tributes and more.