Clara Maass, Yellow Fever and Human Experimentation

• Published in: Military medicine Vol. 178; no. 5; pp. 557 - 562
• Main Author: Chaves-Carballo, Enrique
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.05.2013
• Subjects: Clara Louise Maass; History of Nursing; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Human Experimentation - history; Humans; Maass Clara Louise; United States; Yellow Fever - history; United States

Clara Louise Maass, a 25-year-old American nurse, died of yellow fever on August 24, 1901, following experimental inoculation by infected mosquitoes in Havana, Cuba. The human yellow fever experiments were initially conducted by MAJ Walter Reed, who first used written informed consent and proved the...