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Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC; formerly known as the National Naval Medical Center and colloquially referred to as Bethesda Naval Hospital, Walter Reed, or Navy Med) is a United States military medical center located in Bethesda, Maryland.
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), officially known as Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH) until 1951, was the U.S. Army's flagship medical center from 1909 to 2011.
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.
Nov 13, 2019 · UVA alumnus Walter Reed led the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba. The team proved that yellow fever was spread by mosquitoes. (Sketch of Reed and photo of Cuba’s Las Animas Hospital courtesy of the University of Virginia Library)
Sep 13, 2017 · Born on this day in 1851, Walter Reed proved the theory that mosquitoes transmitted yellow fever to human beings.
Walter Reed is known today for the Army medical center that bears his name. But a century ago he was known as the Army officer who helped defeat one of the great enemies of the time: yellow fever.
Oct 13, 2021 · Walter Reed the Army medical center was the hospital in Northwest Washington named after the physician. And Walter Reed the neighborhood? That’s where you come in.
