Show BRILLIANT CAREER CLOSED V Death of Major Reed Heed Reeda a Noted Army Surgeon Surgeons b s Washington Nov 23 Major Walter WalterR R od an officer of the surgeon generals I department of the army arm died here today Major Reed was sent to Havana to In Investigate the yellow vellow fever question and it was largely through his researches that the tho determination was reached that the tue disease was communicable through the mosquito Major Reeds death was due to appendicitis for which an Operation V was performed on Monday the lith Major Reed was born In Gloucester county Virginia In 1851 and was a graduate ate of or the medical department of or tho University of Virginia and of Bellevue t hospital New York City He TV was as ap appointed appointed t pointed an nu assistant surgeon in the army arm armIn in and at the time tune of his death was first on the list of majors and surgeons in the tho medical department of the army He had bad been known for years as one or 01 ortho ortho tho the foremost bacteriologist In the country V In lO he was appointed of the army array medical museum In Washington and gave his time to the science which he ho loved Combining in an unusual de degree gree glie gT e scientific accuracy with calm judg judgment ment menthe he was invaluable In his ability to search out the causes of dis diseases eases e S S and trace their progress I During the war aar ar he fl 1 was a member of the board to Investigate 1 typhoid oid lever fever In the army Afterwards he made several voyages to Cuba and andon was on duty In Havana studying stu tho diseases of the island more particularly J as a member of or the board to investigate 4 ollow fever After a series of brilliant j experiments which cost the life Ufo of one 1 number of the board in 1901 It was an II as a proved fact tact that yellow fever fevers 9 I V s conveyed by a certain variety of and introduced into the blood a fc if f by its bite p Sanitary measures tending toward the of this Insect and the screen ng ag n of infected persons were put into er ef erect oct Immediately In Havana by order of j Wood with the result that for fore iver e a year no case of yellow fever has though tho disease had existed In Havana for three os Major Reed leaves a widow and a laughter In residing in this city and a son W L Reed Tenth Infantry low In the Philippines The funeral will ako place Tuesday afternoon at St Stthomas thomas as Episcopal church ch |