Healers

Walter Reed

Physician and Epidemiologist

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Medicine Atlas. "Walter Reed." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/walter-reed.

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Medicine Atlas. (n.d.). Walter Reed. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/walter-reed

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@misc{medicineatlas-walter-reed,
  author = {Medicine Atlas},
  title = {Walter Reed},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/walter-reed},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Walter Reed was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban-American 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 epidemiology and biomedicine, and allowed the resumption and completion of work on the Panama Canal.

Facts

Birth Yearthe subject's own account

1851 1

Birth Datethe subject's own account

1851-09-13 1

Death Yearthe subject's own account

1902 1

Death Datethe subject's own account

1902-11-22 1

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1. Walter Reed (Wikipedia)

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Walter Reed was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban-American 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 epidemiology and biomedicine, and most immediately allowed the resumption and completion of work on the Panama Canal (1904–1914) by the United States.

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