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Walter Reed, an American medical doctor had received his medical degree by the time he was 18 years old.
He joined the Army and became a captain. For 16 years he had served in an outpost * far away from other doctors. He wanted to be able to study and learn more about medicine, so he asked for a four month leave. He learned so well they allowed him to study for seven months at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
He continued to study and do experiments at the Army outpost. He and some other doctors studied typhoid fever * and discovered it was carried by flies.
Yellow fever * was a dreaded disease. 90,000 people in the United States had died of the disease. Many American soldiers in Cuba had died also. Reed observed that people who cared for the patients with yellow fever didn't usually get the disease. His conclusion was: people didn't catch it from each other.
Reed began looking for answers. He remembered the research they had done on typhoid fever. He wondered if maybe mosquitos might be spreading it. Some of the doctors and soldiers volunteered to take part in the experiment.
The mosquitos were put in test tubes. First they bit the arms of
men who already had yellow fever. Then they were allowed to bite
the arms of people who didn't have the disease. After many tests,
they decided the mosquito did carry the disease from one person
to another.
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Modern day mosquito experiment |
The next step was to get rid of the mosquitos. They sprayed the areas of water where the mosquitos were hatching, with chemicals. This stopped the spread of the disease.
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. is named in honor of him.
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From Word Central's Student Dictionary
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(Pronunciation note: the schwa sound is shown by &)
outpost
Pronunciation: 'aut-"pOst
Function: noun
.... : a settlement on a frontier or in a faraway place
typhoid fever
Function: noun
: a disease that is caused by a bacteria, is characterized especially by fever, diarrhea, weakness, headache, and an inflamed intestine, and is passed from one person to another in dirty food or water
yellow fever
Function: noun
: a destructive infectious disease of warm regions marked by yellowness of the skin, intestinal bleeding, and vomiting and caused by a virus transmitted by a mosquito -- called also yellow jack
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