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Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George E. Armstrong,  December 10, 1953

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04620004
Scope and Contents

Hench explains why he has not yet written his book on yellow fever. The delay is the result of the discovery of the Lazear notebook and his desire to learn more about Finlay.

Dates:  December 10, 1953
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Maria Teresa Rojas and Lidia Cabrera,  December 14, 1953

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04620006
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...
Dates:  December 14, 1953
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Miguel Roldan,  December 24, 1953

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04620007
Scope and Contents

Hench is sending Roldan his two articles on the conquest of yellow fever as well as a reprint on cortisone. He informs Roldan he received the Finlay Medal.

Dates:  December 24, 1953
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from George E. Armstrong to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 31, 1953

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04620008
Scope and Contents

Armstrong writes in regard to the Armed Forces Medical Library making a microfilm copy of Finlay's books which are at the Havana Academy of Sciences Library in Cuba. He encloses his letter to Jose A. Presno regarding the microfilms, and Hench's involvement.

Dates:  December 31, 1953
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from George E. Armstrong to Jose A. Presno,  December 31, 1953

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04620010
Scope and Contents

Armstrong is aware of the existence of diaries by Finlay in the Academy of Sciences Library in Havana. He asks if a microfilm copy could be made for placement in the Armed Forces Medical Library in Washington. He writes Presno that he has asked Hench to act as his representative.

Dates:  December 31, 1953
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Jose Elias Olivello Lastra to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 1, 1953

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04620011
Scope and Contents

The President of Cuba has awarded Hench the “Orden Nacional de Merito Carlos J. Finlay.”

Dates:  December 1, 1953
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Paul L. Tate,  December 3, 1953

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04620012
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...
Dates:  December 3, 1953
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench