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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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Camp Lazear

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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……”