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States Army, mentioning in particular his investigations in Cuba 

 as a member of the Yellow-fever Commission with reference to 

 the relation of the mosquito Stegomyia fasciata to that disease. 

 He then moved that the Chair appoint a committee of three to 

 draw up suitable resolutions relative to Major Reed and his 

 work, these resolutions to be sent to the family of the deceased 

 and printed in the minutes without further vote by the Society. 

 The motion was carried, and Messrs. Stiles, Howard and Ash- 

 mead were appointed subsequently. 



The Committee presented the following resolutions : 

 Resolved, That the Entomological Society of Washington 

 herewith expresses its keen appreciation of the great loss Ameri 

 can science, and particularly American preventive medicine, has 

 sustained in the death of Major Walter Reed, Surgeon United 

 States Army. Although not a zoologist, he has been pre-emi 

 nent among physicians in making practical application of zoologic 

 knowledge in saving human life, and his discovery and demon 

 stration of the transmission of yellow fever by mosquitoes belong 

 ing to the species Stegomyia fasciata must take rank scientifically 

 as one of the most brilliant, and practically as one of the most 

 important discoveries ever made in applied zoology. 



Resolved, also, That we heartily endorse the idea that Congress 

 be urged to make ample provision for the support of Doctor 

 Reed's widow and daughter. Had Doctor Reed been in private 

 practice or on the faculty of the medical school of an endowed 

 university, his income would have been much larger than that he 

 received in the Army. Had he discovered some mechanical 

 device which could in anyway compare in importance, in saving 

 lives and property, with the discovery he made in regard to yel 

 low fever, he would have realized financial benefits which would 

 have made him a multi-millionaire, and even if Congress should 

 vote an unusually generous pension, the sum could represent only 

 an infinitesimal interest on the money which Doctor Reed's 

 medico-zoological discovery will save this country and other 



countries. 



Resolved, further, That this Society express to Mrs. Reed its 



sympathy in her bereavement. 



CM. WARDELI, STILES, 

 L. O. HOWARD, 

 WM, H. ASHMEAD, 



Committee. 



