Then the world came to Habana, and there was acclaim for Walter Reed, and the customary solemn discussions and doubts and arguments of the learned men who came. William Crawford Gorgas (who was another blameless man!) grooming himself for the immortality of Panama, went into the gutters and cesspools and cisterns of Habana, making horrid war on the Stegomyia mosquitoes, and in ninety days, Habana had not a single case of yellow jack--she was free for the first time in two hundred years. It was magical! But still there came learned doctors, and solemn bearded physicians, from Europe and America, asking this, questioning that--and one morning fifteen of these skeptics were in the mosquito room of the laboratory--oh! they were from Missouri! “These are remarkable experiments, but the results should be weighed and considered with reserve ... et cetera!” Then the gauze lid came off a jar of she-mosquitoes (of course it was by accident) and into the room, with wicked lustful eyes on those learned scientists the Stegomyia buzzed. Alas for skepticism! Away went all doubts! From the room rushed the eminent servants of knowledge! Down went the screen door with a crash--such was the vehemence of their conviction that Walter Reed was right. (Though it happened that this particular jar of mosquitoes was not contaminated.) Then William Crawford Gorgas and John Guitéras--he was a great Cuban authority on yellow jack--they were convinced too by those experiments at Camp Lazear, and they were full of excellent plans to put those experiments in practice--fine plans, but rash plans, alas. “It is remarkable,” said Gorgas and Guitéras, “that these experimental cases at Camp Lazear didn’t die--they had typical yellow fever, but they got better, maybe because Reed put them to bed so quickly.” Then they proceeded to play with fire. “We will give newly arrived non-immune immigrants yellow fever--a smart attack of it, but a _safe_ attack of it.” They planned this, when it really was so easy to wipe out yellow fever simply by warring on the Stegomyia, which does not breed in secret places, which is a very domestic mosquito! “And at the same time we can confirm Reed’s results,” thought Gorgas and Guitéras. The immigrants (of course they were very ignorant people) came; the immigrants listened and were told it was safe; seven immigrants and a bold young American nurse were bitten by the poisoned Stegomyia. And of these eight, two immigrants and the bold young American nurse went out from the hospital, safe from another attack of yellow fever, safe from all the worries of the world.... They went out, feet first--to slow music. What a fine searcher was Walter Reed--but what amazing luck he had, in those experiments at Camp Lazear....