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Reed was born in Gloucester, Virginia, the fifth child of Lemuel Sutton Reed (a traveling Methodist minister) and his first wife, Pharaba White. [1] During his youth, the family resided at Murfreesboro, North Carolina with his mother's family during his father's preaching tours.
May 29, 2024 · Walter Reed (born September 13, 1851, Belroi, Virginia, U.S.—died November 22, 1902, Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. Army pathologist and bacteriologist who led the experiments that proved that yellow fever is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito.
Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Walter Reed General Hospital opened its doors on May 1, 1909. The Commander of the Army General Hospital, Major William C. Borden had lobbied for several years for a new hospital to replace the aged one at Washington Barracks, now Ft. McNair.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC; formerly known as the National Naval Medical Center and colloquially referred to as Bethesda Naval Hospital, Walter Reed, or Navy Med) is a United States military medical center located in Bethesda, Maryland.
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.
Sep 13, 2017 · Born on this day in 1851, Walter Reed proved the theory that mosquitoes transmitted yellow fever to human beings.
Walter Reed is known today for the Army medical center that bears his name. But a century ago he was known as the Army officer who helped defeat one of the great enemies of the time:...
Sep 6, 2018 · U.S. Army Maj. Walter Reed (1851-1902) (NCP 0597) Maj. Walter Reed’s celebrated research into the causes of typhoid and yellow fever—including the landmark discovery that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes—has saved countless human lives.
Walter Reed, (born Sept. 13, 1851, Belroi, Va., U.S.—died Nov. 22, 1902, Washington, D.C.), U.S. pathologist and bacteriologist. He received a medical degree at age 17 from the University of Virginia and entered the Army Medical Corps in 1875.
At the turn of the nineteenth century, WRAIR’s namesake, Major Walter Reed, 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.
