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Letter from William C. Gorgas to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  July 30, 1906

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 13
Identifier: 06213001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas writes about a planned increase in the Canal Zone medical force, and encloses correspondence recommending physician Alexander Murray for service in Panama.

Dates:  July 30, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Jefferson Randolph Kean with enclosed correspondence between George E. Bushnell and William Crawford Gorgas

Letter from George E. Bushnell to William C. Gorgas,  April 16, 1906

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 13
Identifier: 06213002
Scope and Contents

Bushnell recommends physician Alexander Murray to Gorgas for service in Panama and explains Murray's difficult circumstances owing to his wife's illness.

Dates:  April 16, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Jefferson Randolph Kean with enclosed correspondence between George E. Bushnell and William Crawford Gorgas

Letter from William C. Gorgas to George E. Bushnell,  May 3, 1906

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 13
Identifier: 06213005
Scope and Contents

Gorgas informs Bushnell that his medical staff is full at present, but that he will consider adding physician Alexander Murray if there is an increase in staffing.

Dates:  May 3, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Jefferson Randolph Kean with enclosed correspondence between George E. Bushnell and William Crawford Gorgas

Letter from Jose Ramos Almeyda to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  August 31, 1907

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 20
Identifier: 06220001
Scope and Contents

Ramos writes about the yellow fever work in Cuba. He encloses a table showing charting fatalities from yellow fever smallpox.

Dates:  August 31, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letter from Jose Ramos to Jefferson Randolph Kean with mortality chart

Yellow Fever and Smallpox Table: Mortalidad de las Viruelas y de Fiebre Amarilla,  circa 1879

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 20
Identifier: 06220005
Scope and Contents

This table charts deaths from smallpox and yellow fever in Havana, from 1870-1879.

Dates:  circa 1879
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letter from Jose Ramos to Jefferson Randolph Kean with mortality chart

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to the Provisional Governor of Cuba,  February 20, 1908

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 24
Identifier: 06224001
Scope and Contents

Kean cites a lack of support for sanitary measures by the Cuban authorities, and an increase in the incidence of yellow fever. He requests assignment of another medical officer to his staff.

Dates:  February 20, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Provisional Governor of Cuba with an order from the governor

Order from the Provisional Governor,  February 20, 1908

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 24
Identifier: 06224002
Scope and Contents

The Provisional Governor of Cuba grants Kean's request for another medical officer.

Dates:  February 20, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Provisional Governor of Cuba with an order from the governor

Letter from H.D. Thomason to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  September 1, 1908

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 28
Identifier: 06228001
Scope and Contents

Thomason discusses a yellow fever patient, Manuel Casas.

Dates:  September 1, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letter from H.D. Thomason to Jefferson Randolph Kean with a fever chart for Manuel Casas

Fever Chart for Manuel Casas,  August 22, 1908

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 28
Identifier: 06228003
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench primarily consists of materials relating to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1879 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1900 to 1954. These items include, but are not limited to the following: correspondence of...
Dates:  August 22, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letter from H.D. Thomason to Jefferson Randolph Kean with a fever chart for Manuel Casas

Letter from Carlos J. Finlay to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  October 2, 1908

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 34
Identifier: 06234001
Scope and Contents

Finlay discusses sanitation measures taken in response to possible cases of yellow fever.

Dates:  October 2, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letters from Carlos J. Finlay and Mario Lebrado with a telegram and a fever chart

Letter from Mario Lebredo to the Head of National Department of Sanitation,  October 1, 1908

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 34
Identifier: 06234003
Scope and Contents

Lebredo discusses the diagnosis of a possible yellow fever case.

Dates:  October 1, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letters from Carlos J. Finlay and Mario Lebrado with a telegram and a fever chart

Telegram from Carlos J. Finlay to [H.D] Thomason,  October 2, 1908

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 34
Identifier: 06234004
Scope and Contents

Finlay reports on recommendations for prophylactic measures against yellow fever in Felton.

Dates:  October 2, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letters from Carlos J. Finlay and Mario Lebrado with a telegram and a fever chart

Fever chart for Ensebio Arias,  October 2, 1908

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 34
Identifier: 06234005
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench primarily consists of materials relating to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1879 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1900 to 1954. These items include, but are not limited to the following: correspondence of...
Dates:  October 2, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letters from Carlos J. Finlay and Mario Lebrado with a telegram and a fever chart

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Aristides Agramonte,  January 26, 1911

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 39
Identifier: 06239001
Scope and Contents

Kean requests Agramonte's photograph for a publication about the Yellow Fever Commission. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  January 26, 1911
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence between Jefferson Randolph Kean and Aristides Agramonte

Letter from Aristides Agramonte to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  August 4, 1911

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 39
Identifier: 06239004
Scope and Contents

Agramonte informs Kean of Finlay's declining health. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 4, 1911
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence between Jefferson Randolph Kean and Aristides Agramonte

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Aristides Agramonte,  September 12, 1911

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 39
Identifier: 06239008
Scope and Contents

Kean acknowledges that Agramonte should get proper credit for his yellow fever work. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  September 12, 1911
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence between Jefferson Randolph Kean and Aristides Agramonte

Lecture:Sanitation Work in Cuba, by Jefferson Randolph Kean,  1910

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 42
Identifier: 06242002
Scope and Contents

Kean details the methods the Sanitary Inspectors used in Cuba to combat yellow fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  1910
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Lectures on sanitation in Cuba by Jefferson Randolph Kean

Lecture:Sanitation Work in Cuba, by Jefferson Randolph Kean,  May 23, 1912

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 42
Identifier: 06242020
Scope and Contents

Kean discusses the sanitation efforts used to prevent yellow fever in Cuba from 1906 to 1909. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  May 23, 1912
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Lectures on sanitation in Cuba by Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  August 10, 1917

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 46
Identifier: 06246001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas informs Kean that he has already appointed officers for the Ambulance Corps in France. Kean may fill other places when he arrives.

Dates:  August 10, 1917
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of William Crawford Gorgas and Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to William Crawford Gorgas,  September 6, 1917

 Item — Box: 62, Folder: 46
Identifier: 06246002
Scope and Contents

Kean discusses the command structure of the Ambulance Corps in France.

Dates:  September 6, 1917
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of William Crawford Gorgas and Jefferson Randolph Kean