James Carroll (scientist)
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| Born | June 5, 1854 Woolwich, England |
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| Died | September 16, 1907 Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | United States |
James Carroll (b. Woolwich, England, June 5, 1854; d. Washington, D.C., September 16, 1907[1]), Major, United States Army, was an American physician and a member of the Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba, along with Walter Reed, Jesse William Lazear, and Aristides Agramonte. He was a graduate of the University of Maryland. He, along with Lazear, subjected himself to the bite of infectious mosquitoes in the course of his work; this infection eventually killed him.
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- ^ Hellemans, Alexander; Bryan Bunch (1988). The Timetables of Science. New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 411. ISBN 0671621300.
