Walter Reed: A Biography

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Walter Reed : A Biography

Bean, William B.

Published by University of Virginia Press, 1982

ISBN 10: 0813909139 ISBN 13: 9780813909134

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Walter Reed : a biography

Bean, William Bennett

Published by Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia for members of The Heirs of Hippocrates Library, 1994

ISBN 10: 0813909139 ISBN 13: 9780813909134

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Fine Facsimile Reprint. Fine copy in the original elaborately gilt-tooled full leather over gilt-tooled boards with raised bands. The classic Gryphon design. An exceptional example; corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. All edges gilt. Book contained in publisher's protective cardboard. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages; Physical desc. : xiv, 190 p. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Reed, Walter - Studies. Reed, Walter, 1851-1902. United States. Navy. United States. Army - Surgeons - Biography. Pathologists - United States - Biography. Medicine, Military - biography Pathology - biography Surgery - biography Biography. Summary: Reed was born in Belroi, Virginia. He received an M. D. From the University ofVirginia in 1869, and another from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York, New York in 1870. After briefly practicing medicine, he was commissioned in the United States Medical Corps in 1874, serving at frontier posts in the West. In 1898, Reed was appointed chair of a board to investigate typhoid fever in army camps. The board was able to show that typhoid is spread by flies and contact with fecal material, bringing an end to the epidemic. In 1900, Reed was appointed head of the Commission of the United States Armyon yellow fever in Havana, Cuba, of which James Carroll (1854-1907), Jesse William Lazear (1866-1900) and Aristides Agramonte (1869-1931) were also members. At this time, theories abounded on the mode of transmission, as well as the cause, of yellow fever--the sometimes fatal disease occurring in tropical and subtropical zones worldwide. In 1848 Josiah Nott (1804-1873), a physicianin Alabama, proposed the mosquito as the vector of yellow fever between humans. In 1881, Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1940) suggested that the Aëdes species specifically was involved. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 171281

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Walter Reed : a biography

Bean, William Bennett

Published by Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia for members of The Heirs of Hippocrates Library, 1994

ISBN 10: 0813909139 ISBN 13: 9780813909134

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Fine Facsimile Reprint. Fine copy in the original elaborately gilt-tooled full leather over gilt-tooled boards with raised bands. The classic Gryphon design. An exceptional example; corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. All edges gilt. Book contained in publisher's protective cardboard. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages; Physical desc. : xiv, 190 p. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Reed, Walter - Studies. Reed, Walter, 1851-1902. United States. Navy. United States. Army - Surgeons - Biography. Pathologists - United States - Biography. Medicine, Military - biography Pathology - biography Surgery - biography Biography. Summary: Reed was born in Belroi, Virginia. He received an M. D. From the University ofVirginia in 1869, and another from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York, New York in 1870. After briefly practicing medicine, he was commissioned in the United States Medical Corps in 1874, serving at frontier posts in the West. In 1898, Reed was appointed chair of a board to investigate typhoid fever in army camps. The board was able to show that typhoid is spread by flies and contact with fecal material, bringing an end to the epidemic. In 1900, Reed was appointed head of the Commission of the United States Armyon yellow fever in Havana, Cuba, of which James Carroll (1854-1907), Jesse William Lazear (1866-1900) and Aristides Agramonte (1869-1931) were also members. At this time, theories abounded on the mode of transmission, as well as the cause, of yellow fever--the sometimes fatal disease occurring in tropical and subtropical zones worldwide. In 1848 Josiah Nott (1804-1873), a physicianin Alabama, proposed the mosquito as the vector of yellow fever between humans. In 1881, Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1940) suggested that the Aëdes species specifically was involved. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 171281

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