Jesse William Lazear
Jesse William Lazear | |
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Jesse William Lazear | |
| Born | May 2, 1866 |
| Died | September 25, 1900 (aged 34) Havana, Cuba |
| Cause of death | Yellow fever |
| Alma mater | |
| Spouse |
Mabel Houston (m. 1896) |
| Children | 2 |
Jesse William Lazear (May 2, 1866 – September 25, 1900) was an American physician. In 1900, he deliberately allowed a mosquito to bite him to test the hypothesis that mosquitoes were the vector for yellow fever transmission. He contracted the disease but did not recover and died on September 25, 1900.