Walter Reed
Physician, Military Person
1851 – 1902
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Who was Walter Reed?
Major Walter Reed, M.D., was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that postulated and confirmed the theory that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species, rather than by direct contact. This insight gave impetus to the new fields of epidemiology and biomedicine, and most immediately allowed the resumption and completion of work on the Panama Canal by the United States. Reed followed work started by Carlos Finlay and directed by George Miller Sternberg.
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- Born
- Sep 13, 1851
Gloucester County - Also known as
- Dr. Walter Reed
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Virginia
- New York University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Lived in
- Virginia
- Died
- Nov 22, 1902
Washington, D.C. - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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