American Experience Season 19 Episode 5
Overview:
The history of yellow fever, and how it was determined that the disease was transmitted by mosquitoes. Included: the work of Carlos Finlay, the Cuban physician who found the link to the insects; how Finlay's theory influenced Jesse Lazear and James Carroll, scientists who were part of Walter Reed's team after Reed was sent by the U.S. to Havana to find the cause of the disease when American troops were sent to Cuba following the Spanish-American War.
Genre : Documentary
Actors : -
Release Date : 2006-10-30
Duration : 55 menit
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Other Episodes (Season 19)
1. Eyes on the Prize (1 & 2): Awakenings 1954-1956 / Fighting Back 1957-1962
2. Eyes on the Prize (3 & 4): Ain't Scared of Your Jails 1960-1961/No Easy Walk 1961-1963
3. Eyes on the Prize (5 & 6): Is This America? 1963-1964 / Bridge to Freedom 1965
4. Test Tube Babies
5. The Great Fever
6. The Gold Rush
7. The Berlin Airlift
8. The Living Weapon
9. New Orleans (1 & 2)
10. Sister Aimee
11. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
12. Summer of Love
13. The Mormons (1): History
14. The Mormons (2): Church and State
15. Alexander Hamilton
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