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Yellow Fever – The Scourge Revealed
CAPT Stanton E. Cope, PhDUnited States Navy
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Dr. Benjamin Rush
USS Maine Explodes
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Walter Reed BirthplaceVirginia
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Dr. James Carroll - 1901
Dr. Aristides Agramonte - 1902
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Dr. Jesse W. Lazear
Goals of the Reed Board
Nature of Bacillus icteroidesPerform bacteriological studiesExplore the theory of insect transmission
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Dr. Carlos Finlay
Walter Reed’s Laboratory - 1900
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Rockefeller Yellow Fever Commission – 1916-1918
Carter
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Mosquito-feeding Method
Carroll Lazear
Lazear Death Notice
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PVT Kissinger
PVT John Kissinger
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Fomite House
Letter From Reed to Truby
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Partition
Moran
Non-Immunes
Reed
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Reed Board Conclusions 1 - 4
Reed Board Conclusions 5 - 8
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Reed Board Conclusions 9 - 11
10.The spread of yellow fever can be most effectually controlled by measures directed to the destruction of mosquitoes……..
22 Total Cases Under Controlled Conditions
Mosquito Bite – 14Blood Injection – 6Filtered Serum - 2
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Walter Reed
“He gave to man control over that dreadful scourge....”
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Dr. William Gorgas -- 1920
Panama Canal
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John Kissinger’s Signature
PVT John Kissinger
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“..... A martyr to yellow fever……”
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“…..swept away a hideous plague……”