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Yellow Fever and Human Experimentation

As researchers traveled to Cuba to study the disease, United States Army researchers soon discovered the cause of Yellow Fever. Through the determination of Yellow Fever Experimentation Carols Finlay, decides to test his theory of mosquito transmission. This is what many historians or researches call a human experimentation in which a human of course takes into an act of manipulation of the body for further understandment. Lazer (another researcher) continues the experiment on other humans, unfortunately they soon fell ill. This son validated Finlay mosquito theory. They soon determined it wasn’t bed sheets but instead, an infectious particle too small to be filtered. As you continue to read

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