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Reed, Walter
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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Reed, Walter (1851–1902) U.S. army medical officer, born in Virginia. Reed was, at seventeen, the youngest person to receive a medical degree from the University of Virginia medical school. In 1875 he joined the
U.S. Army Medical Department; in 1890 he was assigned to
Fort Henry, in Baltimore, in order to study bacteriology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 1898 he was named to head the Typhoid Board to study that disease among troops preparing for the
Spanish-American War (1898). In 1900 he moved to the study of yellow fever; although he and his colleagues failed to identify the specific virus that causes the disease, they did establish its transmission by mosquito. This discovery enabled the army to virtually eliminate yellow fever as a threat to Americans in the Caribbean and tropical regions.
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REP. FRELINGHUYSEN: WALTER REED CONDITIONS DESPICABLE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/7/2007; 475 words
; ...recent reports on conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center: "It is...wounded. I've been to Walter Reed Army Medical Center a great...that there are two Walter Reeds - one where young men and women...serve, held a hearing on Walter Reed. I shared with Gen. Peter...
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WALTER REED'S CHIEF REPLACED.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 3/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...WASHINGTON -- The commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center was fired Thursday...horrific, catastrophic failure at Walter Reed." Weightman, an easygoing...and well-liked among staff at Walter Reed. He took command in August 2006...
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Yellow Jack: How Yellow Fever Ravaged America and Walter Reed Discovered Its Deadly Secrets.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of College Science Teaching; 9/1/2005; ; 690 words
; Yellow Jack: How Yellow Fever Ravaged America and Walter Reed Discovered Its Deadly Secrets John R. Pierce and Jim...on health and disease. This book may inspire future Walter Reeds to solve tomorrow's medical mysteries. Donald Logsdon...
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Walter Reed closing; Community weighs in
Newspaper article from: Washington Afro-American; 6/10/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...notice, supporters of the historic Walter Reed Army Medical Center came from as...retail shops. The area around Walter Reed is majority Black, but a number...5,360 jobs and the fact that Walter Reed is "the flagship Army medical...
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Analysis: Walter Reed may close after nearly 100 years
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 8/25/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...NPR) 08-25-2005 Analysis: Walter Reed may close after nearly 100 years...retired pediatrician who worked at Walter Reed for 15 years. He's now the historian for the Walter Reed Society, which supports the hospital...
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Profile: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...NPR) 06-01-2005 Profile: Walter Reed Army Medical Center Host: MICHELE...patients to 2,500. That's when Walter Reed began to get its just deserved...Michael Ruggiero, a patient at Walter Reed. (Soundbite of vintage recording...
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Walter Reed Hospital to Close; Amputee Center to Open in 2007
Magazine article from: VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Md., in 2011. by Tim Dyhouse Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington...military physicians. "Closing Walter Reed could decrease the likelihood that...Iraq and is now administrator for Walter Reed's existing amputee center, helped...
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Lawmaker Looks Beyond Walter Reed Fix
News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/5/2007; 700+ words
; ...of a House panel investigating Walter Reed Army Medical Center said Monday...suffered a head injury. Once at Walter Reed, she said, he suffered delays...assess whether the problems at Walter Reed exist at other facilities. Last...
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BRAC move seen at risk: Walter Reed controversy might threaten shift of jobs to Bethesda site.
Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD); 3/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...controversy over medical care at the Walter Reed Army hospital, according to members...merge the existing hospitals at Walter Reed and Bethesda into a new, 340...of revisiting the plan to close Walter Reed. "We respect the BRAC process...
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WALTER REED TO CONTINUE LEGACY AT NEW LOCATION, GENERAL SAYS
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 5/2/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...class treatment reputation of Walter Reed Army Medical Center will continue...there are five main reasons why Walter Reed was selected for closure, even...Bethesda than at land-locked Walter Reed; * Bethesda is right across the...
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Walter Reed
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Walter Reed Walter Reed (1851-1902), American military surgeon and head of the U...1902, he was appointed librarian of the Army Medical Library. The Walter Reed Hospital in Washington was named in his honor. Further Reading Howard...
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Reed, Walter 1851-1902
Book article from: American Decades
REED, WALTER 1851-1902 Army surgeon and pathologist...Belroi, Virginia, on 13 September 1851, Walter Reed was the son of Methodist minister...fiftyone. Source: William Bennett Bean, Walter Reed: A Biography (Charlottesville...
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Reed, Walter
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
REED, WALTER A native of Virginia, Walter Reed (1851 – 1902) received his medical education...see also: ; ; ; ) Bibliography Kelly, H. A. (1907). Walter Reed and Yellow Fever. New York: McLure, Phillips.
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Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Walter Reed Army Medical Center major hospital complex in Washington, D. C., and Forest Glen, Md.; est. 1923 and named for U.S. army surgeon Walter Reed. It is composed of seven units including a general hospital and a research institute. There are several thousand beds.
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Reed, John 1887-1920
Book article from: American Decades
REED, JOHN 1887-1920 Reporter...Portland, Oregon, in 1887, John Reed entered Harvard University with...class of 1910 that included Walter Lippmann and T. S. Eliot...His vivid dispatches inspired Walter Lippmann, who had also already...
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