Gaye Thomas
Dr. James H. McCall
Dr. James H. McCall was a doctor and also a Colonel with the US Army. He went to Cuba during the Spanish-American war and worked with other doctors trying to understand the epidemiology of yellow fever. Soldier in the war on Yellow Fever
Fewer than 1,000 soldiers died in battle, but more than 5,000 died of disease in Cuba, and most of those deaths were due to yellow fever.
The Yellow Fever Commission was formed by the U.S. military in response to the war-time deaths. Its mission was to study the cause and spread of the yellow fever. Led by Major Walter Reed, working in Cuba, the commission confirmed in 1900 what Cuban physician Dr. Finlay suspected: Yellow fever was transmitted by mosquito bites.
Dr. McCall lived 1867 to 1931, having retired to his home in Tennessee.
Fewer than 1,000 soldiers died in battle, but more than 5,000 died of disease in Cuba, and most of those deaths were due to yellow fever.
The Yellow Fever Commission was formed by the U.S. military in response to the war-time deaths. Its mission was to study the cause and spread of the yellow fever. Led by Major Walter Reed, working in Cuba, the commission confirmed in 1900 what Cuban physician Dr. Finlay suspected: Yellow fever was transmitted by mosquito bites.
Dr. McCall lived 1867 to 1931, having retired to his home in Tennessee.
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