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William Engvick (July 1, 1914 – September 4, 2012) was an American lyricist, [1] many of whose compositions appear in films. [2] Engvick graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1937. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Alec Wilder; they produced songs for the Broadway musical Once Over Lightly (1942), [3 ...
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
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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. Located on 113 acres (46 ha) in Washington, D.C., it served more than 150,000 active and retired personnel from all branches of the United States Armed Forces.
- United States
- 1 May 1909
- 27 August 2011
- United States Army
Jun 29, 2021 · In a massive two-volume report, Reed’s “Typhoid Board” thus showed that the disease was spread by flies, as well as by humans, drinking water, and objects contaminated by fecal bacilli. The 46-year-old major now stood on the brink of his greatest service to medicine and mankind.
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Select: CFC#38118 ». Walter Reed General Hospital opened it doors on May 1, 1909. The commander of the Army General Hospital, Major William C. Borden had worked for several years to get funds for a new hospital to replace the aged one at Washington Barracks, now Ft. McNair. It was Borden that also worked to have the new hospital named for his ...
Sep 15, 1998 · 15 Sep 1998. By Science News Staff. > Share: Sunday was the birthday of Walter Reed, an American medical researcher born in 1851 who is celebrated for his work on yellow fever. During the Spanish-American War, more soldiers had died from the disease than in combat.
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.
