Jesse William Lazear

Jesse William Lazear
Jesse William Lazear
Born	2 May 1866 Baltimore
Died	26 September 1900 Quemados, Cuba
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Johns Hopkins University

Jesse William Lazear (2 May 1866, Baltimore - 26 September 1900 in Quemados, Cuba) was an American physician^[1][2][3][4].

He was the son of William and Charlotte née Pettigrew. He attended Washington & Jefferson College ^[5] and obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 1889 from Johns Hopkins University and his PhD in Medicine in 1892 from the Medical School at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He did his specialization in Paris at the Institut Pasteur. In 1896 he married Mabel Houston with whom he had two children. He was also a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.^[6]

He was a physician at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore starting in 1895; he studied malaria and yellow fever. In 1900 he reported for duty as the assistant surgeon at Columbia Barracks (Quemados) for the United States Army.

After a few months in Quemados, Lazear, together with Walter Reed (1851-1902), James Carroll (1854-1907) and Aristides Agramonte (1869-1931), participated in a commission studying the transmission of yellow fever, the Yellow Fever Board. During his research at Camp Colombia, he confirmed the 1881 theory of Carlos Finlay that mosquitos transmitted this disease. A portion of his study, though, had been conducted on himself: without telling his colleagues, he had allowed himself to be bitten by yellow fever-infected mosquitoes and died of the disease at age 34. A dormitory at Johns Hopkins University was named after him in honor of his sacrifice, as was the chemistry building at Washington & Jefferson College, Lazear's alma mater.

See also

• Human experimentation in the United States

References

1. ^ del Regato, J A (1986), "Jesse William Lazear: the successful experimental transmission of yellow fever by the mosquito.", Medical heritage 2 (6): 443–52, PMID 11613919 
2. ^ Carmichael, E B (1972), "Jesse William Lazear.", The Alabama journal of medical sciences 9 (1): 102–14, 1972 Jan, PMID 4556484 
3. ^ Osler; Paton; Thayer (Aug 1901), "JESSE WILLIAM LAZEAR MEMORIAL.", Science 14 (345): 225, 1901 Aug 9, doi:10.1126/science.14.345.225, ISSN 0036-8075, PMID 17797834 
4. ^ "JESSE WILLIAM LAZEAR", Science 12 (311): 932–933, Dec 1900, 1900 Dec 14, doi:10.1126/science.12.311.932, ISSN 0036-8075, PMID 17796027 
5. ^ "Biography of Jesse W. Lazear". Military Medicine. 2001. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3912/is_200109/ai_n8978619. 
6. ^ Phi Kappa Psi., & In Keehn, R. D. (1910). Grand catalogue of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity: February 1, 1910. Chicago, IL. http://books.google.com/books?id=VuwCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Jesse%20William%20Lazear%20phi%20kappa%20psi&pg=PA367#v=onepage&q=lazear&f=false. 

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Name	Lazear, Jesse
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Date of birth	2 May 1866
Place of birth	Baltimore
Date of death	26 September 1900
Place of death	Quemados, Cuba