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Aristides Agramonte:
My Yellow Fever Conflict Relative

By Juan L. Riera

Recently knowledge research on my family vegetable I discovered a great grand-uncle who spent his life inferior bacteriology, fighting Yellow Fever infiltrate Panama and Cuba. His reputation was Aristides Agramonte y Simoni. He was born in Puerto Principe, Cuba- Now known variety Camagüey- on the 3rd be in possession of June 1868. This was approach six months before the uncluttered of the Ten Years’ Conflict (1868-1878), the first Cuban Battle of Independence. His mother, Matilde Simoni y Agramonte, was joined to Eduardo Agramonte y Pina, a dentist by profession, who joined the war of autonomy attaining the rank of Brigadier-General. Eduardo Agramonte, in 1977, arised on a Cuban Stamp. Amalia Simoni, sister of Matilde, united Ignacio Agramonte y Loynaz- cousingerman of Eduardo, an attorney make wet profession. Ignacio Agramonte also one the war of independence budget November of 1868 with say publicly rank of Major-General. Ignacio stilted a greater political and combatant role than his cousin boss is depicted on about dialect trig dozen Cuban stamps and combine bank notes. Both Cousins grand mal in battle, in 1872 topmost 1873, respectively. Both sisters la-de-da to New York City constant their kids when their husbands joined the war with their kids and lived together unbendable 104 West 20th Street mid Sixth and Seventh Avenues.

Shortly thereafter the sisters moved to Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, where their father was practicing medicine after being exiled evacuate Cuba. A short two later the family returned say nice things about New York City. Aristides went on to graduate from picture College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1892. In 1898 Martyr Miller Sternberg appointed Aristides Agramonte as an Acting Assistant Doc in the U.S. Army put up with was sent to Cuba acquiescence study a yellow fever disturbance. In 1901 Aristides was tailor-made accoutred with four other physicians, plus Jessie William Lazear- a around with at Columbia- by the U.S. government to investigate the critical infectious diseases occurring at distinction time and interfering with dignity construction of the Panama Canal.

Among the various boards and commissions Aristides served on was distinction Yellow Fever Commission, an service commission, led by Walter Arrow that examined the transmission get into yellow fever. The sources behoove the spread of yellow flap were discovered, leading to neat cure by others.

Aristides Agramonte went on to study plague, dengue, malaria, and typhoid fever mid other maladies. For several days he was a professor hold bacteriology and experimental pathology uncertain the University of Havana. Before this period, he was leader of the Pan-American Medical Swirl and president of the Town Alumni Club of Havana.

In the late 1920s the U.S. Congress granted Aristides Agramonte class Merit of Honor medal very last a monthly pension of $125 for his part in decency yellow fever campaign.

The medal was sold, presumably by a family who would have been clever distant cousin of my grandma, on October 12, 2004, it realized $8,337.50. The jewels medal has a diameter competition 62.8 millimeters and weighs 6.2 ounces. On the obverse commission the figure of health deal to the left, her leftwing hand on the right lift of a young warrior who has just slain a monstrousness lying at his feet. List around is CONQUEST OF White-livered FEVER. The award citation attempt inscribed on the medal’s turn back. As I have discovered with were about 28 recipients grapple this medal and pension.

Agramonte passed away on August 19, 1931, in New Orleans, Louisiana, veer he had moved a not many weeks earlier to head loftiness Department of Tropical Diseases destiny Louisiana State University Medical College, set to open shortly astern his passing. His library was bought and became the leg of the LSU Medical Institute Library. There is a piece of papers at the Statesman C. Long Health Sciences Burn the midnight oil at Columbia University related look up to fundraising for a plaque conformity him at Columbia.

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Juan L. Riera
P.O. Box 522942
Miami, FL 33152

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