 | The Cavalier daily Friday, May 24, 1968 |  |
Awful Verse
"Some of his later letters to
Emilie contain pre-Victorian verse
-really awful verse," Dr. Bean
said.
However, Reed-the bacteriologist,
physician and writer of medical
papers-emerges as an admired
giant in medicine.
"Reed didn't write a single medical
paper until he was 41," Dr.
Bean said. "Within 10 years he
wrote more than 30 such papers,
at least 10 of which are regarded
as medical classics."
From study done at Iowa, Dr.
Bean feels Reed's typhoid fever
contributions were overshadowed
by his discovery of the mosquito-carrying
yellow fever.
"He never got any credit for
work with typhoid fever," Dr.
Bean said, adding:
"Without any doubt, Walter
Reed was the most distinguished
alumnus of this school."
| The Cavalier daily Friday, May 24, 1968 | |