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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.
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), officially known as Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH) until 1951, was the U.S. Army's flagship medical center from 1909 to 2011.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:...
Nov 13, 2019 · UVA alumnus Walter Reed led the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba. The team proved that yellow fever was spread by mosquitoes. (Sketch of Reed and photo of Cuba’s Las Animas Hospital courtesy of the University of Virginia Library)
