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Box 21

 Container

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Contains 85 Results:

Transcription of letter from Mabel H. Lazear to James Carroll,  November 10, 1900

 Item — Box: 21, Folder: 76
Identifier: 02176001
Scope and Contents

Lazear wants to know the circumstances behind her husband's death of yellow fever. She has a hard time believing that her husband allowed an infected mosquito to bite his hand. She thanks Carroll for sending her the money orders.

Dates:  November 10, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  November 11, 1900

 Item — Box: 21, Folder: 77
Identifier: 02177001
Scope and Contents

Reed settles into camp life, and observes a malaria case. He discusses finances, and notes that Carroll has returned to Cuba from the United States.

Dates:  November 11, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  November 11, 1900

 Item — Box: 21, Folder: 78
Identifier: 02178001
Scope and Contents

Reed asks Howard to resolve issues around a certain species of mosquito, the C. fasciatus. Reed is apologetic for asking such an obvious question.

Dates:  November 11, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from James Carroll to L. O. Howard,  November 15, 1900

 Item — Box: 21, Folder: 79
Identifier: 02179001
Scope and Contents

Carroll thanks Howard for all the information he has sent him regarding the different markings of the mosquito, and gladly volunteers to collect any specimen that Howard needs for his research. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  November 15, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Receipt for disbursing officer's credit for the yellow fever experiment at Camp Lazear,  November 15, 1900

 Item — Box: 21, Folder: 80
Identifier: 02180001
Scope and Contents

This is a Cuban Treasury Deposit receipt for the expenses of the yellow fever experiments at Camp Lazear.

Dates:  November 15, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed