Frederick Rose (surgeon)

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Frederick A. Rose (died July 1873) was a British naval surgeon who was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1858 for aiding American naval personnel aboard the {{USS|Susquehanna|1850|6}} who had contracted yellow fever.{{cite book |title=The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 |last=Loubat |first=J.F |year=1878 |publisher=N. Flayderman & Co., Inc. }}

When the Susquehanna arrived at Port Royal, Jamaica stricken by an epidemic of yellow fever, the British Royal Navy, under the command of Admiral Sir Houston Stewart placed the naval hospital there at their disposal, and eighty-five of the crew were taken ashore by the boats of the British squadron. Assistant-Surgeon Frederick A. Rose volunteered to join the Susquehanna, at some personal risk to himself (as it was not proved, by Walter Reed, that the virus was transmitted by mosquitoes rather than direct human contact until 1900{{Cite web

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}}) and took the care of the sick remaining on board on the voyage from Jamaica to New York City.{{Cite web

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|title=A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

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It was the first time a Congressional Gold Medal was given to any non-member of the US military.{{Cite web

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|archive-date=12 December 2012

|title=Congressional Record - 109th Congress (2005–2006)

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|accessdate=3 August 2010

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