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The Luther M. Cornwall Co. informs Hench that they have found the Annual Report of Major General Brooke.

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Lowdermilk & Co. informs [Hench] that they are sending him three volumes of Cuban medical reports..

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Flexner praises Peabody for his account of the events leading to the Congressional recognition of the participants of the yellow fever experiments. He offers some editorial comments and suggests a few corrections of the story.

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Freyberg thanks Hench for a reprint of "The Conquerors of Yellow Fever."

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Hirschman offers a series of reports from the Department of Sanitation of the Isthmian Canal Commission to Hench.

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Usher sends Hench a list of references dealing with the human rather than the scientific side of the yellow fever epidemics in New Orleans.

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A list of references sent to Hench by Robert Usher notes articles that document the human side of New Orleans yellow fever epidemics.

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Sacasa informs Hench that Mrs. Dodge is a sister of James Carroll's wife.

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Hench poses confidential questions about Hoffmann. Hench is hesitant to honor Hoffman's request for a large number of reprints of one of Hench's papers.

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Hench thanks Hoffmann for his interest in his article on yellow fever.

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Hench requests a copy of a publication called "Memorias del Hospital No. 1."

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Garcia informs Hench how much it would cost to make a copy from a publication called "Memorias del Hospital Numero Uno."

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Cervantes informs Hench that he will be sending him several copies of the last issue of "Medicas." This issue contains a reproduction of the mural "The Conquerors of Yellow Fever."

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Finlay disagrees with some points in Hench's speech, given during the unveiling of Cornwell's painting, "The Conquerors of Yellow Fever."

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Alvare writes to Hench concerning the location of a hospital in a photograph from the time of the Yellow Fever Commission.

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Hench thanks Usher for providing him additional references concerning the yellow fever epidemics in New Orleans.

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Hench inquires whether the true site of Camp Lazear was ever surveyed. He wonders whether Ramos is still Minister of Defense and is still interested in the memorialization of Camp Lazear, since Hench heard that the entire Cuban cabinet resigned.

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Wilson enjoyed reading Hench's "Conquerors of Yellow Fever" and suggests having it published.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...

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Hench introduces himself to Lambert. He requests to meet with him during a stop-over in Chicago in order to ask him a few questions about the yellow fever experiments in Havana.