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Walter Reed

US Army physician and medical researcher (1851–1902)

This article is about the U.S. army surgeon. For other uses, see Walter Reed (disambiguation).

Walter Reed

Born	September 13, 1851 Gloucester County, Virginia, U.S.
Died	November 23, 1902 (aged 51) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Buried	Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Army
Years of service	1876–1902
Rank	Major
Alma mater	University of Virginia New York University Johns Hopkins University
Spouse(s)	Emilie Lawrence (m. 1876)
Children	Walter Lawrence Reed (born December 4, 1877, Ft. Apache) Emilie Reed (called Blossom) (born July 12, 1883, Ft. Omaha) Susie Reed (adopted aboriginal American child)

Walter Reed (September 13, 1851 – November 23, 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than by direct contact. This insight gave impetus to the new fields of

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Walter Reed - A Name for the Ages

Dr. Walter Reed (1851-1902) would have never believed that his name became one of the most famous and well-known names in American medicine. Acknowledging that medical education in his day was pedestrian compared to today, it is still remarkable that he graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine at not yet 18 years old; he remains the youngest of all time. As UVA had no hospital at the time, he went to New York where he obtained a second medical degree from Bellevue Hospital Medical School. After working in New York City for several years he sought a more stable income so he could marry Emilie Lawrence of North Carolina. Reed joined the U.S. Army, which would provide him opportunities leading to his remarkable accomplishments, leaving indelible marks on the country and the world.

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Walter Reed, 1876, age 25, Harrisonburg, Virginia. (NCP 876)

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Walter Reed was born in this small cottage near Gloucester, Virginia on Sept. 13, 1851. At that time, the cottage was the temporary parsonage of

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Walter Reed and the Scourge of Yellow Fever

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Notes

1. Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed, December 31, 1900. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection, 1806-1995. Box-folder 22:62. Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia.

2. University of Virginia. (1869). Catalogue of the University of Virginia, 1868-1869. Baltimore: The Sun Book and Job Printing Establishment. p. 14.

3. For a more comprehensive biography of Walter Reed see: Bean, William B. (1982). Walter Reed: A Biography. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.

4. Carey, Mathew. (1794). A Short Account of the Malignant Fever: Lately Prevalent In Philadelphia… To Which Are Added, Accounts of the Plague In London and Marseilles. 4th ed., improved. Philadelphia: Printed by the author. and Jones, Absalom, Richard Allen, and Matthew Clarkson. (1794). A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People, During the Late Awful Calamity In Philadelphia, In the Year 1793: and a Refutation of Some Censures, Thrown Upon The