Walter Reed
Walter Reed
Major Walter Reed, was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901, led the team that confirmed the theory of the Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay 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 (1904–1914) by the United States. Reed followed work started by Carlos Finlay and directed by George Miller Sternberg, who has been called the "first U.S. bacteriologist".
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Male
Date of Birth
September 13rd, 1851
Age
172
Birth Place
United States of America, Virginia
Date of Death
November 22nd, 1902
Died Aged
51
Star Sign
Virgo
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