University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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i t, a a -. MquAw-Mf -y-u-n - w experiments which have given man control over that fearful scourge, yellow feverfi rk ak 2: :k :1: Les membres du P'I'emief Congres de' M e'decine en E gypte apprennant avec le plus profond regret la mort premature'e du Major Walter Reed, du Corps Medical de liArmee des Etats Unis diAmerique: La part brillante et importante quiil a prise dans la decouverte du moustique stegomyia comme 1e seul agent transmitteur du parasite de la fievre jaune, reus- sissant ainsi a mettre les ravages de cette terrible maladie sous 1e controle des ' hygienistes fait de sa mort une perte cruelle pour Yhumanite'. Le Congres de'cide en consequence diexprimer a cette occasion toute sa sympathie au Corps Me'dieal de YArme'e des Etats Unis ainsi qu,a la famille du Major Reed. Le Congres de'eide en outre de prier 1e secretaire du Congres dienvoyer officiellement par Yentremise des Autorites competentes une eopie de la presente resolution au Chirurgien en Chef de liArmee des Etats Unis diAme'rique et une autre egalement a Madame Veuve Reed. $ ak a': ak $ DR. WALTER REEDeThe following resolutions were adopted by the Medical Faculty December 8, 1902, and by them reported to the General Faculty, which heartily concurred in this expression of regard for the memory of Dr. Reed, of admiration for his work, and of sympathy for his family: it The Medical Faculty of the University of Virginia have heard with deep sorrow of the death of Major Walter Reed, Professor of Bacteriology and Pa- thology in the Army Medical School, and distinguished graduate of this Medical Department. t1 His masterly investigation of the causes of the outbreaks of typhoid fever in the United States Army during the Spanish-American war, and especially his work furnishing conclusive proof of the conveyance of yellow fever by the mos- quito, entitles him to a preeminent place amongst scientists and sanitarians, and .will prove of inestimable service to mankind. itAs an alumnus he was true and loyal, manifesting on every appropriate occasion his continued interest in the University, upon which he has reHected great credit. it In testimony of our high appreciation of his character and achievements, 'f. A it is hereby i tzResolved: That the foregoing note be spread upon our minutes and a copy be forwarded to the family of Dr. Reed as an evidence of our sympathy for them in their great sorrow? i I2

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Vv VALUE OF DR. REEDS WORK. Popular appreciation of the value of the work mission has been singularly slow and imperfect. person in the United States is familiar with the name and work of a dis-s tinguished Austrian surgeon who has recently demonstrated in this country an operation for the cure of a rather rare deformity in children, only a small fraction of them know anything of Walter Reed, the conqueror of the ll Yellow Plague? and yet, distinguished men have not been silent in regard to him. General Leonard W ood said in a recent address at a memorial meeting of sciene tilic men held in honor of his memory in Washington, I know of no other man on this side of the world who has done so much for humanity as Dr. Reed. His discovery results in the saving of more lives annually than were lost in the Cuban war, and saves the commercial interests of the world a greater financial loss each year than the cost of the Cuban war. He came to Cuba at a time when one- third of the officers of my staff died of yellow fever, and we were discouraged at the failure of our efforts to control this disease. In the months when the disease was ordinarily worst the disease was checked and driven from Havana. of the Yellow Fever Com- While nearly every educated with conditions of tropical countries. Hereafter ' yellow fever to gain such headway that quarantine the Potomac to the mouth of the Rio Grande. fully the value of Dr. Reedls services. controlling mind in this Future generations will appreciate His was the originating, directing, and work, and the others were assistants only , In a letter dated November 24th, General Wood said: II To Major Reed belongs the honor of having led in the greatest medical work of modern times, and the results he accomplished will live for all time? Professor VVilliam' H. Weleh, of Johns Secretary of War: II Dr. Reed'is researches in yellow fever are. by far the most important contribution to science which has ever come from an Army surgeon. In my judgment they are the most valuable contributions to medicine and public hygiene which have ever been made in this country, with the exception of the discovery of anesthesia. They have led and will lead to the saving of untold thousands of lives. I am in a position to know that the credit for the original ideas embodied in this work belongs wholly to Major Reed. Such work if done in Europe would receive substantial recognition from the Government? He was last year given the degree of LL. D. by the University of and the degree of M. A. by Harvard University. used by President Eliot was: Hopkins, said in a letter to the Michigan, In conferring, the language Walter Reed, graduate of medicine of the Uni- ' , the Army Surgeon who planned and directed in Cuba the

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.7y:W'6u7wwl?W?wiQ$f.;$1us'b' '17:?! . w . -. ' 11.- Bog$$ O$ VSEEQFSs CHARLES P. JONESRK Monterey RECTOR iEPPA HUNTON, Jm Richmond DANIEL HARMONJ- Charlottesville R. WALTON MOORET Fairfax R. TATE IRVINExr Big Stone Gap ALEX. w. WALLACERK Fredericksburg HENRY H. DOWNINGk Front Royal CARTER GLASSRK Lynchburg SWKHENRY C. STUARTfk Elk Garden Secrelmgu 0f tlze Board JAMES JONES CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. a'eTo February 28, 1906. TTO February 28, 1904. iSucceeded Joseph Bryan, Richmond, Va., resigned. 9H6Succeeded George W. Miles, Radford, Va., resigned. I3