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Show ABOLISHED YELLOW FEVER. Death of MnJ Reed, Wlio Did Much to Hake Havana n Healthy City. Washington, Nov 51 MnJ tt'nlter Leetl, an nflloor of the Hurgcoii-Oencr-ills depnrtincnl uf the urni), died here IniH) MuJ Heed was sent tn llavnnn to Investigate the )elIow fiver question, ques-tion, nnd It was largely through his le-searches le-searches lint the determination was teuched that Ihe dlrenso was coinmuni-tnblo coinmuni-tnblo thinugh the tuosqiillo Maj Heed s death wns due tu appen-etleltls appen-etleltls for whlih an npenitPm was pir-fnrnied pir-fnrnied on Mondii) the 17' Ins' MaJ Heed vtas born i oiiiester county Virginia In IT. I He was appointed ap-pointed un assistant surgron of the nrm) In MIS He hud ben knotvn for )ears as one nf (he fort most battel loin gists In Ihe country In 1803 he was up inlnted iiiintor of the army medical museum In Washington nnd guve his lime tn the science which he lovel Combining In nn unusual elegree sclen tllic aorurac) with cuiiii Judgment he was Invaluable In his ability to s.anh nut the muse of epidemic diseases nnd trace their progress JJiirlng tho Spinlsh war he was n member of the board lo Intisligate typhoid fe,vri In the arm) Afterward he made several iiougm to (ubi and was on dutj at I latum siud)lng the diseases uf the Island mole particular ly as n member of Ihe bniird lo Hivesll gate )ellnw fetn After a n lies of brilliant experiments which mst llu life nf one iii.mbei of I hi bom. I In IM1I It wus iiniioiliii eel iih a prove fu t thai yellow fsver Is ionve)eil b a certain vai 11) of innsquiln und inlrnlund Into the blnol of non Immunes b) Its bite Sanitary measures tending to the de strut Hon of this Insect unci the si recti Ing of Infected p isous vteie ut into effect itnmetliitrty In Hnvumi by ordei of.nen ttond with the result (hat for over a yeui 110 case of )ellow fcter has developed though the dlseuse bid ex Isted perumnentl) In Hav ilia for thieo centuries MaJ Heed leaves a widow and a daughter lesldlng In this clt) and a sou |