Box 19
Contains 74 Results:
Letter from Walter Reed to S.T. Armstrong, July 10, 1899
Letter from Leonard Wood to Francis V. Greene, July 12, 1899
Wood provides news of a yellow fever epidemic among American troops.
Fever chart for yellow fever patient William Neary, July 5, 1899-July 15, 1899
Letter from George Miller Sternberg to Aristides Agramonte, July 21, 1899
2 pages
Letter from George Miller Sternberg to Aristides Agramonte, August 7, 1899
1 page
Yellow Fever at Hampton Roads
,Harper's Weekly, August 14, 1899
In a Yellow-Fever Camp: How the Pestilence Made Its Presence Known in Siboney---The American Hospital Tents in the Mountains--A Brave Physician and His Scanty Equipment
,The Argonaut, August 14, 1899
Letter from Aristides Agramonte to George Miller Sternberg, August 15, 1899
Agramonte reports on his study of yellow fever from a bacteriological standpoint while at Santiago. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]
Letter from Leonard Wood to Francis V. Greene, August 16, 1899
Wood writes concerning the appointment of the Secretary of War. He describes actions taken by the military to avoid yellow fever.
Military orders for Albert E. Truby, August 20, 1899
Truby is relieved from the Eighth Infantry; he is to report to the post surgeon for duty.
Military orders for Jefferson Randolph Kean, August 24, 1899
Kean, Brewer, and Truby are appointed to investigate the loss of medical supplies at Columbia barracks.
Letter from George Miller Sternberg to Aristides Agramonte, August 24, 1899
1 page
Letter from Walter Reed to Aristides Agramonte, August 25, 1899
2 pages with pencilled corrections
Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed, September 9, 1899
Reed writes that he misses her and that he is imagining how beautiful things are back at home. He mentions the Dreyfuss Affair and says the journalists believe France is close to revolution.
Letter from George Miller Sternberg to Aristides Agramonte, September 26, 1899
1 page
Letter from P.S. Rossiter to the Surgeon General, October 1, 1899
Rossiter reports on the recent epidemic of yellow fever at Cabana Fortress in Havana. He describes the patients and their symptoms as well as the disinfection of clothing, bedding, and property.
Fever chart for Robert M. O'Reilly, October 14, 1899
Letter from Walter Reed to Theobald Smith, October 18, 1899
Reed writes about an experiment with pigs and work involving the bacillus icteroides.