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Aristides Agramonte y Simoni (June 3, 1868 – August 19, 1931) was a Cuban American physician, pathologist and bacteriologist with expertise in tropical medicine. In 1898 George Miller Sternberg appointed him as an Acting Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army and sent him to Cuba to study a yellow fever outbreak. He later served on the Yellow Fever Commission, a U.S. Army Commission led by Walter Reed which examined the transmission of yellow fever.
In addition to this research, he also studied plague, dengue, trachoma, malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid fever and more. After serving on the Yellow Fever Commission, he served as a professor at the University of Havana as well as many government positions.
University of Virginia Health Sciences Library: A Guide to the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Commission
This extensive collection includes 154 boxes of items. 1868 births 1931 deaths American pathologists Cuban emigrants Immigrants to the United States 19th-century Cuban people {{US-physician-stub
Aristides Agramonte y Simoni (June 3, 1868 – August 19, 1931) was a Cuban American physician, pathologist and bacteriologist with expertise in tropical medicine. In 1898 George Miller Sternberg appointed him as an Acting Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army and sent him to Cuba to study a yellow fever outbreak. He later served on the Yellow Fever Commission, a U.S. Army Commission led by Walter Reed which examined the transmission of yellow fever.
In addition to this research, he also studied plague, dengue, trachoma, malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid fever and more. After serving on the Yellow Fever Commission, he served as a professor at the University of Havana as well as many government positions.
See also
* James Carroll * Carlos J. Finlay * Jesse William Lazear * Walter ReedReferences
Publications
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University of Virginia Health Sciences Library: A Guide to the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Commission
This extensive collection includes 154 boxes of items. 1868 births 1931 deaths American pathologists Cuban emigrants Immigrants to the United States 19th-century Cuban people {{US-physician-stub