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Fricks apologizes for his efforts to convince Carter to attend the Hot Spring malaria meeting.

Carter gives Woodfall advice on proposed legislation to control spread of malaria.

Carter agrees to send Surgeon General Cumming a synopsis of a lecture on either malaria or yellow fever.

Rose thanks Carter for suggesting the name of colleague and expresses pleasure at having seen him recently.

Parker reports on a malaria survey in Texas. He describes campaign details. All towns show good results.

[Carter] requests a reply from Surgeon General [Cumming's] office so he can prepare the lecture as requested.

Pierce requests that Carter prepare two statements for the lecture series.

The publishing company requests that Carter abstract Cohn and Noguchi's article on monkey hearts and yellow fever.

Carter sends Surgeon General [Cumming] data for lectures as requested.

Woodfall informs Carter that all papers dealing with malaria have been sent to LePrince.

Hanson hopes that there will be no more yellow fever cases after the year 1921. He describes his field work in detail: the use of fish to combat mosquito breeding was very successful but the limited use of containers was difficult to enforce. He praises several inspectors for their good work.

Noguchi appreciates Carter's in-depth analysis of his article. He discusses individual sections of article and looks forward to additional comments or suggestions.

[Carter] requests changes and additions to the manuscript that he sent to Thomas Nelson and Sons publishing house.

[Carter] comments on the efficacy of the yellow fever vaccine.

Carter makes a donation to Newfoundland fishermen. He refers to difficulties in transportation and distribution to help Russian children.

[Carter] refers to the coordination of malaria control with projects for agricultural drainage.

Hanson reports on the investigation of a possible yellow fever case. He describes his field work and discusses personnel matters. He hopes to bring the campaign to an end by the spring of 1922.

Hanson refers to the Academy of Medicine meeting to study epidemics of yellow fever. He rebuts the contention of a Peruvian physician to the absence of yellow fever in the area, noting that the goal of the campaign is to insure against recurrence.

Rose thanks Carter for his unselfish devotion and loyalty to the cause.

Cavassa discusses the ongoing yellow fever campaign.