Box 63
Contains 150 Results:
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert E. Truby, August 29, 1941
Hench reports that Camp Lazear and the remains of Building No. 1 have been located. He has bought the building and hopes to raise money for a memorial. The Cuban government accepted his report. Hench has found Lazear's death certificate.
Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Philip Showalter Hench, September 3, 1941
Kean informs Hench that Reed read his paper on the etiology of yellow fever at the Pan American Medical Congress in Havana, Feb 4-7, 1901. While Wood was convinced of the need to destroy mosquitoes, Gorgas was not and only began mosquito eradication at Wood's command.
Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, September 3, 1941
Truby comments on Dean, Ames, Carroll and Agramonte. He feels his memory is sound, though he knows Hench has some skepticism. He offers his recollections of Carroll's infection and his attitude towards the mosquito theory.
Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, September 3, 1941
Truby describes the interior of the living quarters at Camp Lazear and the problems they had with toads entering through the roof.
Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Philip Showalter Hench, September 3, 1941
Kean discusses his health problems. Hendrick, in his Gorgas biography, made misstatements and did not correct them - it was Howard who advocated the use of kerosene to combat mosquitoes.
Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Philip Showalter Hench, September 7, 1941
Kean expresses reservations about allowing Laura Wood Roper to view any contentious material in the Reed family letters.
Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench, January 1941-February 1941
Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench, March 7, 1941
Transcript and notes from Philip Showalter Hench's interview with Jefferson Randolph Kean concerning the yellow fever experiments, May 8, 1941
Memories of Service in Cuba and Walter Reed's Work on the Etiology of Yellow Fever, by Albert E. Truby with related notes, July 15, 1941
Experiences of Mr. John R. Bullard in Havana, 1901 in connection with the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board and Experimental Yellow Fever as told by Bullard to Philip Showalter Hench, July 1941
Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench, August 1941-October 1941
Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench, November 1941-December 1941
List of sources on microfilm selected from the National Archives by Philip Showalter for his yellow fever research with photographs, notes, and maps showing the site of Camp Lazear and the Columbia Barracks, 1941
Text of speech Jefferson Randolph Kean gave upon receiving the Gorgas Medal with related newspaper clippings, December 15, 1942-December 16, 1942
Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench with related newspaper clippings, 1942
Letter from A. S. Pinto to Albert E. Truby, September 7, 1941
Pinto informs Truby that his manuscript is well written and compatible with the facts.
Letter from A. S. Pinto to Albert E. Truby, September 19, 1941
Pinto remarks that Truby's manuscript is a nice contribution to yellow fever history. He congratulations Truby on becoming a grandpa and discusses his own family.
Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Philip Showalter Hench, circa September 12, 1941
Kean explains how the letters b and v are used interchangeably in Spanish.
Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby, circa September 18, 1941
Kean discusses the publication of Truby's memoirs.