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Walter Reed   /wˈɔltər rid/   Listen
Walter Reed

noun
1.
United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902).  Synonym: Reed.






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"Walter Reed" Quotes from Famous Books



... yellow fever became very prevalent there. A board of medical officers was ordered to meet in Havana for the purpose of studying the disease under the favorable opportunities thus afforded. This board, which came to be known as the Yellow Fever Commission, was composed of Drs. Walter Reed, James Carroll, Jessie W. Lazear and Aristides Agramonte of the United States Army. Agramonte was a Cuban and an immune, the others were non-immunes. Dr. Manson in his lectures on Tropical Medicines ...
— Insects and Diseases - A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread - or Cause some of our Common Diseases • Rennie W. Doane



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