The Yellow Fever Commission was a research team of the United States Army which researched treatment for yellow fever .
8-455: The commission was originally formed as the Reed Commission by Army Surgeon General George Sternberg in 1900. The medical research board was forged as a four member board consisting of Walter Reed , James Carroll , Jesse W. Lazear , and Aristides Agramonte . The U.S. Army research detachment was commissioned for public health surveillance regarding a tropical disease susceptible by
16-575: Is Lieutenant General Mary K. Izaguirre . As a commanding general, TSG provides advice and assistance to the Chief of Staff, Army (CSA) and to the Secretary of the Army (SECARMY) on all health care matters pertaining to the U.S. Army and its military health care system. The incumbent is responsible for development, policy direction, organization and overall management of an integrated Army-wide health service system and
24-700: Is the medical materiel developer for the Army. These duties include formulating policy regulations on health service support, health hazard assessment and the establishment of health standards. TSG is assisted by the Deputy Surgeon General. Congress established the Medical Service of the Continental Army on July 27, 1775, and placed a "Chief physician & director general" of the Continental Army as its head. The first five surgeons general of
32-629: The Surgeon General ( OTSG ) and are located in Falls Church , Virginia. Since 1959, TSG has been appointed in the grade of lieutenant general . By law, TSG may be appointed from any of the six officer branches of the AMEDD. However, prior to the 43rd Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho — an Army Nurse Corps officer — all appointed and confirmed surgeons general have been Medical Corps officers — military physicians . The incumbent Surgeon General
40-469: The U.S. Army served under this title. An Act of Congress of May 28, 1789, established a "Physician general" of the U.S. Army. Only two physicians, doctors Richard Allison and James Craik, served under this nomenclature. A Congressional Act of March 3, 1813, cited the "Physician & surgeon general" of the U.S. Army. That nomenclature remained in place until the Medical Department was established by
48-566: The predatorial Aedes aegypti or an infectious mosquito in Cuba . The mosquito-borne disease or yellow fever pathogen was found to have inflicted an elevated casualty count during the Spanish–American War . The research process itself became a focus of study for later generations. A United States nurse named Clara Maass and two Spanish immigrants were among those who died as a result of their research participation. Researchers mark
56-480: The research of the Yellow Fever Commission as the origin of the model of modern consent in medical research. The 1934 Yellow Jack theatrical production told the story of Walter Reed in the Yellow Fever Commission. The theatre production was cast with Sam Levene , James Stewart , Eddie Acuff , and Myron McCormick . The Broadway play was the basis of Yellow Jack , a 1938 movie presenting
64-590: The same narrative . Surgeon General of the United States Army The Surgeon General of the United States Army is the senior-most officer of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD). By policy, the Surgeon General ( TSG ) serves as Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) as well as head of the AMEDD. The surgeon general's office and staff are known as the Office of
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