title: The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing
author:  Suzanne Jurmain 
description: Grade 6&ndash;10&mdash;This medical mystery is extremely interesting, easy to read, and well illustrated with period photos. It's the story of Walter Reed and his team of U.S. Army doctors who went to Cuba in 1900 to study yellow fever and determine how it was spread. It was important in light of the United States's involvement in a war with Spain for Cuba's freedom and for future developments in South America. Yellow fever outbreaks, such as the one in Philadelphia in 1793, had long plagued America and her neighbors to the south, but despite advances in bacteriology, no progress had been made in discovering how the disease was spread. Jurmain explains Reed's approach to the scientific problem and how it changed over time as more was learned. The individual doctors and volunteers involved are brought to life by the author's use of primary sources such as letters, reports, etc. How the team eventually discovered and then verified that yellow fever was spread by mosquitoes was a combination of luck, good scientific practices, and careful note keeping. Young people interested in medicine or scientific discovery will find this book engrossing, as will history students. End matter includes short biographical sketches of all the volunteers who took part in the experiments, at great risk to their own lives. Exemplary nonfiction.&mdash;<I>Robin Henry, Wakeland High School, Frisco, TX</I> END
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  Copyright © Elaine Viets, 2018
  
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  eISBN: 978-1-625673-47-3
  
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  Cover design by Tara O’Shea
  
   **TABLE OF CONTENTS**
  
  [Title Page](tp.xhtml)
  
  Copyright Page
  
  Dedication
  
  Acknowledgments
  
  Chapter 1
  
  Chapter 2
  
  Chapter 3
  
  Chapter 4
  
  Chapter 5
  
  Chapter 6
  
  Chapter 7
  
  Chapter 8
  
  Chapter 9
  
  Chapter 10
  
  Chapter 11
  
  Chapter 12
  
  Chapter 13
  
  Chapter 14
  
  Chapter 15
  
  Chapter 16
  
  Chapter 17
  
  Chapter 18
  
  Chapter 19
  
  Chapter 20
  
  Epilogue
  
  Also by Elaine Viets
  
  About the Author
  
   _For medicolegal death investigator Mary Fran Ernst, who set the standards
  for this profession – and aimed high._
  
   **ACKNOWLEDGMENTS**
  
   _Ice Blonde_ kept me cool during a long, sweltering summer. I kept thinking
  back to those free