Doctors
Which doctor was the head of the team?
Dr. Reed.
Where does most of the story take place?
Cuba
Who was the first doctor to get sick of yellow fever?
Dr. Carroll.
True or false: Dr. Reed died of yellow fever.
False. He died of appendicitis.
What is another word for slip-ups?
Mistakes
Which doctor was in charge of the autopsies?
Dr. Agramonte.
What was the risk the doctors were taking?
They could get yellow fever.
Who was Private William Dean?
One of the first volunteers to get bitten.
What did people do to try to kill mosquitoes?
Used poison fumes.
What does plowed mean?
Rush through.
Which doctor died from yellow fever?
Dr. Lazear
What were the 3 theories of the cause of yellow fever?
Bacillus icteroides (type of bacteria)
Spread through bedding, clothing, buildings
Mosquito bites
What was the name of the camp that held the experiments?
Camp Lazear
What was the disease caused by?
An extremely tiny virus.
Give an antonym of distracted.
Focused, concentrated.
What was Dr. Carroll's main job?
He took samples to the lab.
What were some of the symptoms people experienced if they had yellow fever?
Fever, vomiting, yellow eyes, body aches
What did the volunteers have to sign before being a part of the experiments?
A consent form indicating the risk of the experiment.
Where do researchers believe the yellow fever virus originated?
West Africa
To move suddenly or unsteadily...
Lurched
Which doctor was the first to try to prove that mosquito bites caused yellow fever?
Doctor Carlos Finlay
What type of mosquito spread the disease?
Aedes Aegypti
When did Dr. Lazear pass away?
September 25th
How did the doctors prove that yellow fever was not spread through clothing, bedding, ect?
Volunteers wore clothing that yellow fever patients wore, lay in the same beds, and used towels that were soiled. No one got sick from this.
A possibility of something happening..
Chance