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After scientists confirmed that mosquitoes can transmit yellow fever and other diseases, mosquito control emerged as an important public health measure. Discover how Americans have managed mosquitoes at home and abroad through this selection of items from the NLM collection.
“Major Reed’s Work in Havana,” distributed by the New Orleans & North-Eastern Railroad Company, the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Company, and the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Company, ca. 1905
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Railroad passengers could read this pamphlet celebrating Walter Reed’s work in Cuba. The Yellow Fever Commission’s confirmation that mosquitoes transmit yellow fever were widely reported in newspapers and other outlets.
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