Born: 13-Sep-1851
Birthplace: Belroi, VA
Died: 22-Nov-1902
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: Appendicitis
Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

Gender: Male
Religion: Methodist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Proved mosquitos spread Yellow Fever

Military service: US Army Medical Corps (1875-)

Father: Lemuel Sutton Reed (Methodist minister)
Mother: Pharaba White
Wife: Emilie Lawrence (m. Apr-1876)

    Medical School: MD, University of Virginia (1869)
    Medical School: MD, Bellevue Medical College, New York (1870)
    Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
    Professor: US Army Medical School
    Professor: George Washington University Medical School

    Congressional Gold Medal
    Appendectomy
    Risk Factors: Appendicitis

Is the subject of books:
Walter Reed: A Biography, 1982, BY: William B. Bean

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