Walter Reed
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Wikipedia page about Major, Dr. Walter Reed
Born: Saturday, September 13, 1851, Gloucester County, Virginia
Died: Saturday, November 22, 1902, Washington, D.C., (aged 51)
Major Walter Reed, M.D., U.S. Army, 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 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.