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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: March 14, 2023
Caption: Yellow Fever Commission
Additional Description: While on the faculty at the Army Medical Center, Major Walter Reed chaired the commission proving that mosquitoes carry yellow fever virus. In this Robert Thom painting, members of the commission working in Cuba are shown left to right, Major William Crawford Gorgis, Dr. Aristides Agramonte, Dr. Carlos Finlay, Dr. James Carroll, and Dr. (Maj.) Walter Reed (seated). The patient is the first study volunteer, Private John Kissinger. Close-up of photo on marker
Submitted: March 28, 2023, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p713864
File Size: 0.849 Megabytes

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