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Yellow Fever: Warfare’s Ancient Enemy

June 1, 2013 by Martin Hill Leave a Comment

Yellow Fever: Warfare’s Ancient Enemy

Yellow fever was an ancient scourge of 18th and 19th century battlefields, causing more fatalities than bullets, cannon, or swords. The dreadful disease, which was brought from Africa to the tropical Americas by the slave trade, struck military camps without warning, decimating entire armies.

The Continuing War on Yellow Fever

May 29, 2013 by Martin Hill Leave a Comment

The Continuing War on Yellow Fever

Mosquito abatement programs pioneered by William Gorgas in Cuba and Panama led to immediate relief from yellow fever. Later, his discoveries played a major role in WWII, and still help with control of the disease today. We have a vaccine, developed by Max Theiler, but there is still no cure and outbreaks occur.

Walter Reed and the Yellow Fever Experiments

May 26, 2013 by Martin Hill 2 Comments

Walter Reed and the Yellow Fever Experiments

The loss of many lives to yellow fever during the 1898 Spanish American War prompted an investigation into how people caught the disease. Major Walter Reed is credited with proving, through a series of experiments with volunteers, that mosquitoes, not contaminated objects, are to blame.

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