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Lynch sends Hench a photograph of Pinto.

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Pinto has read Hemmeter's article on Carroll and is distressed by the developing disagreement over the recognition of Carroll's yellow fever work.

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Gorgas suggests that Finlay and Carter be nominated for the Nobel Prize. In the postscript, Gorgas writes an autograph note for Carter.

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Hench responds to Wood's letter, in which she informed him of her project to write the story of Walter Reed for children. He discusses his two chief discoveries: that Lazear probably was bitten deliberately and secretly, and the location of Camp Lazear. He is sending her two of his manuscripts and offers copies of some of his material. He suggests she contact Emilie Lawrence Reed.

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Hench has selected the items which he thinks will help Wood to write her book on Reed. He offers to read her manuscript when she has finished writing.

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Wood is delighted with the material Hench has sent her for her book on Reed. She comments on the differences between the stories of Kissinger and Moran. She is trying to piece together Reed's early career. She is grateful for his offer to review her manuscript.

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Hench is pleased that the material he sent to Wood will be helpful. He comments on how to treat the Moran-Kissinger controversy regarding who volunteered first. Truby believes that Agramonte has written an article with errors, but Hench is not certain who is correct.

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Wood describes the notebook she examined at the New York Academy of Medicine, which is alleged to be Reed's. She thinks it is not Reed's notebook, but does find it interesting that the writer caught mosquitoes near a yellow fever outbreak in Havana and dissected them in the lab. She wonders if it is Lazear's.

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Wood thinks the notebook found at the New York Academy of Medicine may be a disappointment to Hench. She describes how Malloch acquired the notebook.

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Notes by an unknown author on the notebook found at the New York Academy of Medicine discuss references to the yellow fever experiments.

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Hench informs Malloch that he is very interested in the notebook which Wood examined at the New York Academy of Medicine. He wants to know how it came to the Academy and inquires about obtaining it through inter-library loan. He believes he would be able to identify the handwriting.

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Hench informs Wood that the handwriting in the notebook has been identified as belonging to Lazear.

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Hench writes that he is sending a copy of Kelly's book on Reed to Wood. He has heard from Mabel Lazear regarding the identification of her husband's handwriting in his notebook.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VI. Alphabetical files primarily consists of materials that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1860 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from 1940 to 1956. All of these items have been arranged thematically into biographical files. Each file contains materials created by or relating to people who were either involved with the yellow fever experiments or aided Philip Showalter...

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Hench informs Wood that he does not know Reed's whereabouts in 1893. He suggests she contact Wilson. He notes that his book does not focus on individuals to the extent that her work does.

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Wood tells Hench where Reed was located in the early to mid-1870's. If she returns to New York, she will examine the Lazear notebook and asks if there is anything he would like her to ask Malloch.

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Hench is delighted that Wood is correcting inaccuracies in Kelly's book. Malloch sent him a microfilm copy of the so-called Lazear notebook. He informs her that the notebook contains writing by both Lazear and Reed.

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Hench informs Wood that the Surgeon General's library had no record of the Reed-Lazear notebook ever being catalogued. He suggests she visit Reed's family members for permission to use Walter Reed's letters.

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Wood comments on Kelly's implication that Reed had difficulty getting Army approval to go to Johns Hopkins. She has been told that a medical officer in the Navy is also writing about Reed.

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Hench is pleased Wood was able to visit the Reeds. He spent some time trying to locate Lazear's notebook in the Archives, but was unable to do so. He is still interested in her manuscript and offers to read it.