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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 informs Rappleye, of Columbia University Medical School, that the Cubans are delighted that wreaths will be laid at the upcoming Camp Lazear dedication.

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Hench informs Berry, of Harvard University Medical School, that the Cubans are delighted that a wreath in memory of Wood will be laid at the upcoming Camp Lazear dedication.

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Lippard thanks Hench for representing the University of Virginia Medical School at the Camp Lazear dedication.

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Hench reports to McEwen that the Cubans are delighted about the wreath in memory of Reed at the Camp Lazear dedication.

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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Berry, of Harvard Medical School, explains the background and significance of the upcoming Camp Lazear dedication, and requests that Caswell represent Harvard at the ceremony.

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Rake informs Hench that Jefferson Medical College alumnus Leandro Tocantins will represent the school at the upcoming Camp Lazear dedication.

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Tocantins informs Hench that he will represent Jefferson Medical College at the Camp Lazear dedication. Hench is invited to the Pan-American Medical Association meeting which will meet on December 5 to report on the events and to highlight the accomplishments of Jefferson alumnus Finlay.

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Wylie has asked University of Maryland School of Medicine alumnus Jose Echeverria to represent the school at the Camp Lazear dedication. A wreath will be laid in memory of Maryland alumnus Carroll.

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Halverson, of the American Public Health Association, informs Hench that he is unable to attend the Camp Lazear dedication.

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Hench is pleased that Beaulac, the American Ambassador to Cuba, will hold a reception following the Camp Lazear dedication. Hench forwards a copy of his remarks for the dedication so that Beaulac may be better informed about the history and persons associated with Camp Lazear.

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Hench apologizes to Lippard, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, that he forgot that Cooke also graduated from Virginia. He will add Cooke's name to the wreath for the Camp Lazear dedication.

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Lippard inquires if Cooke should be included on the wreath representing the University of Virginia School of Medicine at the Camp Lazear dedication. Cooke, who died recently, was also a Virginia alumnus.

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Hench was glad to hear from Wylie that the University of Maryland School of Medicine alumnus, Echeverria, will represent the school at the Camp Lazear dedication.

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Hench is glad that Jefferson Medical College alumnus Tocantins will represent the school at the Camp Lazear dedication, honoring fellow alumnus Finlay.

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Berry hopes that Caswell will be able to represent Harvard at the Camp Lazear dedication, but is sending official greetings from Harvard to Hench, to convey to the Cubans, in case Caswell cannot attend. On the same page, a note from Berry to Hench congratulates him on skillfully planning this event.

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Ramos approves of Hench's idea of adding a public health facility to the memorial. He also discusses friends who are currently at the Mayo Clinic.

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...

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...