. La biologie élémentaire, animale et humaine. La biologie. Les INSECTES 53 plaining pleinement le danger et la souffrance impliquée dans l'expérience s'il est réussi, et puis, voyant qu'ils étaient déterminés, il a déclaré qu'une compensation de l'argent seraient faites. Les deux jeunes hommes ont refusé de l'accepter, ce qui, en fait, leur seule stipulant qu'elles ne devraient pas recevoir de récompense pécuniaire, où de grands- Reed toucha son cap, dit respectueusement, ' Messieurs, je vous salue." Reed a déclaré dans son rapport publié de l'expérience sur Kissinger sont : ' a mon avis, cette exposition de courage moral ha

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. Elementary biology, animal and human. Biology. INSECTS 53 plaining fully the danger and suffering involved in the experiment should it be successful, and then, seeing they were determined, he stated that a definite money compensation would be made them. Both young men declined to accept it, making it, indeed, their sole stipulation that they should receive no pecuniary reward, where- upon Major Reed touched his cap, saying respectfully, ' Gentlemen, I salute you.' Reed's own words in his published account of the experiment on Kissinger are: ' In my opinion this exhibition of moral courage has never been surpassed in the annals of the Army of the United States.' " ' The object of one of the first experiments was to determine whether or not yellow fever could be contracted from clothing worn by yellow fever patients. A small building was constructed the win- dows and doors of which were carefully screened. Into this were brouglit chests of clothing that had been taken from the beds of patients who had been sick and in some cases had died of yellow fever. Three brave men entered the building, un- packed the boxes, and for twenty nights slept in close contact with the soiled clothing. " To pass twenty nights in a small, ill-ventilated room, with a temperature over ninety, in close contact with the most loathsome articles of dress and furniture, in an atmosphere fetid from their presence, is an act of heroism which ought to command our highest ad- miration and our lasting gratitude."^ In spite, however, of their unwholesome surrouncUngs, none of the men contracted yellow 'From "Walter Reed and Yellow Fever, " by Dr. H. A. Kelly Doubleday, Page & Co. ^ "Walter Reed and Yellow Fever.". Fig. 36. —John R, Kissinger, U.S.A.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original

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