New-York tribune., 1907-09-18
MAJOR JAMES CARROLL.


geon, L. s. A. who member OF the COM
mission which sent to Cuba to study yellow
fever just after the close of the Spanish died
at his home here yesterday. The immediate cause
Of his death q peculiar arrangement of the
hearts action. attributed IN its origin to the Sc
we're attack of yellow fever voluntarily contracted
by DR.. Carroll seven years ago in the interests Of
science and humanity.
DR.. Carroll was associated with the late Major
Walter Reed. surgeon, L. S. A, from 1897 1902
in the study of Sanarelli's supposed yellow fever
bacillus. and a member OF the commission
OF which Major Reed the head. that went to
Cuba in 1900 to pursue its Investigations in that
island While there, in order to Justify expert
mentation on other persons, DR.. Carroll submitted
to the bite OF q contaminated mosquito that pre-
viously had been caused bite three patients suf
fering from well developed cases OF yellow fever
-Four days later he came down xith the disease
being not only the first of the volunteers take
the fever. but making the first Of expert
mental yellow fever record. The effect OF his
and the other experimental cases was to demon
strate TO the medical world that the baciln
indeed spread. as had been suspected, by mos
qUitoes.
DR.. Carroll eventually recovered, and President
Roosevelt recognized his heroic services by ap-
pointing him Il first lieutenant and assistant sur
geon in the army. lie assigned to duty as
curator of the Army Medical Museum and labora-
tory assistant in the surgeon generals office in
Washington. Before long however It became ap-
parent that his health had been seriously impaired
by his sef-sacrifcinE devotion duty. and in 1905
a bill introduced in Congress place him
on the retired list az the army with the rank OF
lieutenant colonel. The Senate Committee Mill
tary Affairs had the bin under favorable consd
Grafton when the War Department protested that
Lieutenant Carroll for too valuable man 10
be retired, and suggested that the hill should be
changed so To promote him 70 major on the
active list In this forra, accordingly. the bill
reported and passed.
Major Carroll born IN England on June s.
1854. and received his early education at Albion
House Academy. Woolwich. Later after having
lived several years in the United states. he at
tended the University Of Maryland, where he was
graduated in medicine In 1891. afterwsrd taking
post graduate courses In pathology and eacteriol-
ogy al Johns Hopkins University Baltimore. He
was professor OF bactariology ard clinical micro
scopy in the Army Medical School. and held the
chair of bacterology in the Washington Post Grad
uate School and that Of bacteriology and pathoi-
ogv in the medical department Of George Washing
ton University. He was member OF the Society
OF American Psychologists. and It's vice-presi-
dent in 1907: the C1inico- athologioal Society OF
washington: the Washington Academy Of Sci
epces. the American Public Health Association. the
American Society of Naturalists and tbs National
Geographical Society. and was an honorary mem
ber OF the American Society Of Tropical Medicine
Dr. Carroll was married in 1855 TO Miss Jennie
Lucas of Cleveland Ohio.