MAJOR WALTER REED MEMORIAL
MAJOR WALTER REED, M.D. WAS A U.S. ARMY PHYSICIAN WHO IN 1901 LED THE TEAM THAT POSTULATED AND CONFIRMED THE THEORY THAT YELLOW FEVER IS TRANSMITTED BY A PARTICULAR MOSQUITO SPECIES RATHER THAN DIRECT CONTACT. THIS DISCOVERY ALLOWED THE RESUMPTION AND COMPLETION OF WORK ON THE PANAMA CANAL BY THE UNITED STATES.
Listing Details
- Military Base
- War Memorial Bust
- WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER-MAIN DRIVE NW AND 14TH STREET NW-ACCESS MAY BE RESTRICTED
- 20307
- RICHARD E. MILLER
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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