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Maj. Walter Reed, conqueror of yellow fever. - Maj. Walter Reed,
a surgeon in the United States Army, conducted a long series
of experiments in Cuba and discovered the source of yellow fever
to be in the Stigomyia mosquito. The dream of his youth had been
to bo permitted to alleviate in some degree the sufferings of
humanity, and all his efforts, without a thought of self, were
spent in striving toward this goal. Within a few months after
this discovery, Havana, which had been ravaged by this disease
for more than 150 years, was cleared of the disease. |
