M0001849: Photographic portrait of Major Walter Reed, M.D. (1851-1902), U.S. Army physician

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of Major W. Reed.

Black and white reproduction of a photographic portrait of Major Walter Reed, M.D. (1851-1902), U.S. Army physician, from 1901. Major Reed led the team that confirmed the theory of the Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species, rather than by direct contact. The original portrait was created from a photograph taken in 1901, when Reed was aged 50.

April 1931

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.