Who Said It?
“I cannot begin to describe my mental distress and depression over this most unfortunate turn of affairs,”Can it be that [the mosquito] was the source of infection?”
Who was Dr. Walter Reed?
How did the doctors figure out how the disease is actually spread?
What is conducted many tests and experiments using infected mosquitoes?
What was Dr. Reed's role in the study?
He was the team leader.
What were some symptoms of yellow fever?
They would have a fever, headache, vomiting black liquid, their skin and eyes turned yellow.
Who is suspected of being "Guinea pig No. 1"?
Dr. Lazear
"Sure, I ain't afraid of no mosquito!" Referring to Lazear's question if this man was willing to let a mosquito bite him.
Who was William Dean
How did the team rule out the spread of the illness being through proximity to dirty clothes and bedding?
What is prisoner (1) in a guarded cell died from the disease but the others (8) around him did not catch it?
What did Dr. Lazear focus on as the text progressed, and their progress seemed to stall on bacillus iceteroids and contaminated germ theory?
What is the mosquito theory?
What kinds of people caught the disease?
True or false-did yellow fever disappear?
False, but measures were taken to reduce mosquito populations and a vaccine was developed.
"Only ten minutes of the old century remain, Lovie dear. Here I have been reading that most wonderful book—La Roche on Yellow Fever—written in 1853. Forty-seven years later it has been permitted to me and my assistants to lift the impenetrable veil that has surrounded the causation of this most dreadful pest of humanity."
Who was Dr. Walter Reed
Who was the doctor that raised mosquitoes in order to use them in tests?
Who is Dr.Lazear?
How did Dr. Finlay contribute to solving the mystery of how it's spread?
What is he introduced the mosquito theory in the first place?
Epidemics occurred most during which part of the year? What season?
What is summer?
What was something the doctors had in common? Name at least three.
What is they were all men, they all had medical backgrounds/doctors, most were married, they were all determined, all called heroes?
"Doctor, are you sick?"
Who was John Kissinger?
When Dr. Reed began to use volunteers by paying them $100, building 1 had volunteers that had to do certain tasks. What were the tasks that they had to do?
What is wear contaminated clothing and sleep in sheets that were contaminated. This clothing and bed clothing had urine, feces, blood, and vomit on them.
This doctor allowed himself to be bitten by an infected mosquito, came down with yellow fever, and survived.
Dr. Carroll
What did the war with Spain have to do with yellow fever?
The deadly disease was spreading through Cuba and US officials were worried that soldiers would bring the disease.
Many researchers considered Dr. Finlay to be crazy. What details about him disprove that.
He had believed and worked on his theory of transmission for twenty years, was actively caring for patients even if they couldn't afford a doctor, spoke six languages, and shared his knowledge (and mosquito eggs) openly with the research team.
"Don't be a fool, I have no such thing!"
Who was James Carrol?
When Dr. Reed began to use volunteers by paying them $100, building 2 had volunteers that had to do certain tasks. What were these tasks?
What is allowing the mosquitoes that carried yellow fever to bite volunteers
This doctor allowed himself to be bitten by an infected mosquito, came down with yellow fever, and died.
Dr. Lazear
Place where most of the outbreaks we studied happened at.
Where is Havana Cuba?
What was meant by "a soldier's chances" in regards to people volunteering to participate in the research.
There was a very good chance that they would die if they caught the disease.