Vocabulary
To lessen or relieve, such as with pain or stress. Reed and the team hoped to do this to the suffering brought on by yellow fever.
What is alleviate?
This doctor took the lead on the investigation; gathering the team, obtaining the funding, and delegating the experiment/research duties.
Dr. Walter Reed
Black vomit, yellow tongue, chills are all symptoms of yellow fever.
What is NO? Yellow tongue is NOT a symptom of yellow fever? Yellow skin snd eyes are a symptom.
The new station for testing was named Camp ____ after this doctor who lost his life due to Yellow Fever.
Dr. Jesse Lazear
The doctors took turns studying different tissue samples. Another word for samples being studied is _____
What are specimens?
People who had already had yellow fever were said to be ____, meaning they couldn't get t again.
What is immune?
This doctor was known as a crazy man with lunatic ideas
Dr. Carlos Finlay
High fever, vomiting, sores around the lips are all symptoms of yellow fever.
What is NO? Sores around the lips is NOT a symptom of yellow fever?
They tried to bribe this volunteer and get him to say he had left the base, to test his credibility, before proceeding with the experiments. He refused the bribe which meant he was trustworthy. Because of this, they knew he hadn't left the base, which proved that the only way he got yellow fever was through the moquito bite.
Who is Private Dean?
The team made sure the mosquitoes were well ____ , feeding them bits of bana, sweetened water, and blood.
What is nourished?
Something to be done in preparation for another action or event. Before leaving Washington, Reed read the latest medical books and did some _____ experiments.
What is preliminary?
This Cuban doctor had already spent time investigating Yellow Fever prior to teaming up with the others and doing autopsies on dead yellow fever victims.
Who is Dr Aristides Agramonte
Yellow skin, spewing stomach acid, babbling in delirium are all symptoms of yellow fever.
What is NO? Spewing stomach acid is NOT a symptom of yellow fever? Spewing vomit and blood are symptoms.
Yellow fever is still plaguing people in these two continents
What are Africa and South America?
Dr. Lazear noticed the little mosquito was weak and ____ so he let it bite him in hopes of bringing it back to health.
What is enfeebled?
Carroll took samples of blood, stomach, heart, kidney, and other organ tissues from the dead bodies he examined, or ______
What is autopsy?
This doctor really took one for the team by allowing the mosquito to bite him, resulting in him contracting yellow fever. He lived to tell the tale.
Dr. James Carroll
Throwing up blood, extremely low temperature, yellow eyes are all symptoms of yellow fever.
What is NO? Extremely low temperature is NOT a symptom of yellow fever? Extremely high temperature is a symptom.
What were the 2 experiments volunteers could sign up for to help finally determine the true case of yellow fever?
Name the 2...
Reed was hopeful that Dr. Lazear would pull through and recover from yellow fever. Others like Reed who sees a glass as half FULL, instead of hallf empty is known as being ____.
What is optimistic?
If a disease does THIS to people's lives, it puts them in danger, such as COVID, cancer, heart disease.
What is imperils?
This doctor made all volunteers sign a consent form to participate in the experiment.
Dr. Walter Reed
List the possible progression of yellow fever through the different stages.
Stage 1?
Stage 2?
Stage 3?
What were some of the obstacles that the team faced while doing the research on Yellow Fever? Name at least 3.
Name at least 3?
In the past, some doctors dosed unsuspecting patients with disease germs or untested drugs without bothering to explain the risks or to ask these victims for permission. Reed made sure to get signed ____ forms from volunteers.
What is consent?