Aristides Agramonte

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.[1] He later served on the Yellow Fever Commission, a U.S. Army Commission led by Walter Reed which examined the transmission of yellow fever.[2][3]

Aristides Agramonte
Aristides Agramonte
Born	June 3, 1868 Camagüey, Cuba
Died	August 19, 1931 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Nationality	United States
Known for	Yellow fever
Scientific career
Fields	bacteriology
Institutions	University of Havana

The mosquito building at Camp Lazear, Cuba. From Agramonte (1915)

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.[4][5]

See also

• James Carroll
• Carlos J. Finlay
• Jesse William Lazear

References

1. "Yellow Fever & and the Reed Collection: The Walter Reed Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba". University of Virginia Health Sciences Library. Archived from the original on 2014-08-27.
2. Pierce, John R (2003), ""In the interest of humanity and the cause of science": the yellow fever volunteers", Military medicine (published Nov 2003), 168 (11), pp. 857–63, PMID 14680037
3. Anonymous (2001), "Biography of Aristides Agramonte", Military medicine (published Sep 2001), 166 (Issue Suppl 1), p. 23, doi:10.1093/milmed/166.suppl_1.23, PMID 11569380
4. "Association News: Dr Agramonte an Honorary Fellow". American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health. 20 (12): 1333. 1930. PMC 1556161.
5. "Aristides Agramonte, M. D. (Obituary)", American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health (published Oct 1931), 21 (10), pp. 1136–7, 1931, doi:10.2105/AJPH.21.10.1136, PMC 1556463, PMID 18013369

Publications

• Agramonte, Aristides (1900). "Report of Bacteriological Investigations upon Yellow Fever". The Medical News. 76 (6): 203–212.
• Reed, W.; Carroll, J.; Agramonte, A.; Lazear, J.W. (1900). "The Etiology of Yellow Fever-A Preliminary Note". Public Health Pap Rep. 26: 37–53. PMC 2329228.
• Reed, W.; Carroll, J.; Agramonte, A. (1901). "Experimental yellow fever". American Medicine. 2 (1): 1–15.
• Reed, W.; Carroll, J.; Agramonte, A. (1901). "The etiology of yellow fever : An additional note". Journal of the American Medical Association. 36 (7): 431–440. doi:10.1001/jama.1901.52470070017001f. Reprinted by the Journal in 1983: "Landmark article. Feb 16, 1901: The etiology of yellow fever. An additional note", JAMA, 250 (5), pp. 649–58, doi:10.1001/jama.250.5.649, PMID 6345833
• Agramonte, Aristides (1915). "The Inside History of a Great Medical Discovery". The Scientific Monthly. 1 (3): 209–237.

External links

• 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.