Box 21
Contains 85 Results:
Letter from Walter Reed to Jennie Carroll, September 7, 1900
Reed notifies Jennie Carroll of James Carroll's improved condition.
Fever chart for William H. Dean, September 7, 1900
The fever chart has a notation written by Ames stating that Dean is the same as X.Y.Z.
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: Yellow Fever Expedition
,The British Medical Journal, by Herbert E. Durham and Walter Myers, September 8, 1900
Durham and Myers discuss the investigation of yellow fever by the American commission in Cuba and the perplexing nature of the disease.
Fever chart of George S. Cartwright, September 16, 1900
Military orders for Albert E. Truby, September 18, 1900
Truby is ordered to Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, for assignment.
Letter from Hugh L. Scott to Aristides Agramonte, September 20, 1900
Letter from Leonard Wood to Aristides Agramonte, September 22, 1900
Transcript of letter from James Carroll to Jennie Carroll, September 23, 1900
Carroll informs his wife that he is recovering from yellow fever and now is comforted that he will be immune from the terrors of the disease. He also explains that Lazear is very ill and predicts an even chance for his recovery.
Letter from Walter Reed to James Carroll, September 24, 1900
Reed discusses the mosquito as the vector for yellow fever and the amount of evidence necessary to prove this hypothesis.
Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean, September 25, 1900
Reed discusses the probability of a mosquito vector for yellow fever. He regrets his absence from Cuba. He will not experiment on himself, and anticipates a publication on the etiology of the disease.
The Questions of the Day
,La Trucha(Havana), September 26, 1900
Roster of Troops of the Department of Western Cuba, September 26, 1900
Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed, September 30, 1900
Reed describes his voyage to Havana, during which he gives medical care to a child. Emilie Lawrence Reed would not accompany Reed to Cuba, and did not want him to go.
Letter from Simon Flexner to Emilie Lawrence Reed, October 1, 1901
Flexner reassures Emilie Lawrence Reed of her husband's safety and offers his assistance to her.
Telegram from Edward Settle Godfrey to the Commanding Officer, October 3, 1900
Godfrey requests a wagon to pick up the baggage of the arriving medical officers. Included is a handwritten note by Truby. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]
Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard, October 4, 1900
Reed would like one of his assistants, Williamson, to study a specimen of mosquito. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]
Letter from Aristides Agramonte to Messrs. Bausch and Lomb, October 5, 1900
Letter from Aristides Agramonte to Ernest Leitz, October 5, 1900
Letter from George Miller Sternberg to Walter Reed, October 6, 1900
Sternberg requests the return of a medical journal, and makes reference to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. He asks for notification on Reed's progress.
Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed, October 6, 1900
Reed assures Emilie Lawrence Reed of his safety. He explains the circumstances of Jesse Lazear's death.