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was then investij^ated. No animal was susceptible to yellow 

 fever, so Major Reed could not experiment on animals. Dr. 

 Carroll permitted himself to be bitten by a mosquito known as 

 the Aedes or Stegomyia mosquito Avhich was suspected of trans- 

 mitting the fever. He contracted yellow fever but recovered. 

 A mosquito accidentally alighted on Dr. Lazear's hand and he 

 permitted it to bite him. He died September 25, 1900, one of 

 the first martyrs to the yellow fever investigation. 



Major Reed then c'ecided to set up controlled experiments to 

 prove definitely whether or not the mosquito carried the disease. 

 He wanted to segregate a group of men for a number of weeks 

 from all contact with yellow fever to make sure they had not 

 already contracted it before mosquitoes bit them. He asked for 



Atn. Museum of Nat. Hist. 

 Due to the control of the mosquito, malaria has practically disappeared from Havana. 



volunteers for the experiment. Private Kissinger of Ohio and 

 John J. Moran, a civilian clerk, offered themselves. Major Reed 



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