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Hench describes his visits with the Keans and Ramos. An exhibit of the Cornwall painting is planned in Cuba. He describes a mural by a Cuban artist entitled, “The Martyrs of the Conquest of Yellow Fever.”

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In a letter of introduction to the Cuban Minister of Public Health and Sanitation, Hench requests assistance in protecting a building at the site of Camp Lazear. He discusses his plans to create a museum dedicated to the conquest of yellow fever.

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Kean discusses Finlay's mosquito theory and Reed's experimentation. He comments on a planned mural depicting the story of yellow fever in Cuba.

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Truby informs Hench that he does not want to become involved in the controversy of what others thought of Finlay's mosquito theory.

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Kean relates a humorous anecdote about Wood. Kean goes on to discuss the problems of finding the exact moment when Guiteras was converted to the mosquito theory. He also discusses Pinto's role in the Yellow Fever Commission.

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Kean comments on his future travel plans. He extends an invitation to Hench to study his personal papers.

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Lambert expresses great disappointment for the lack of recognition, in Truby's book, of his work at the yellow fever camp.

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Kean encloses a clipping of Lazear's obituary and thinks it may be of value to Hench.

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...

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Truby emphasizes how important Lazear's lost notebook is. He believes it is in the hands of the Carroll family.

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Hench informs Kean and Truby about Mabel Lazear's death. He hopes that Kean's health improves.

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Hench plans to give Kean a questionnaire regarding his yellow fever experience. Hench also talks about how he came across the original contract between Reed and Fernandez.

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Hench inquires about the claims made by Sternberg that he wanted the Yellow Fever Commission to conduct research on the mosquito theory and use human experimentation. Hench thinks that Reed was annoyed with these claims.

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Hench thinks that Reed was independent of Sternberg in his yellow fever investigation and is trying to decide how much credit Sternberg deserves. Hench believes that Reed and Lazear worked out the project on their own.

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Kean declines to write a chapter for Hench's book. He comments on the book's preparation.

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Hench informs Kean that he has decided not to publish a preliminary memorial volume, and that he is unable to finish a full study anytime soon. He hopes to acquire a few important missing items concerning the yellow fever episode.

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Hench describes his trip to California, where he met with the family of Jesse Lazear.

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Truby uses Vaughan's book, “A Doctor's Memories,” to make reference to numerous events in the yellow fever investigation.

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Kean discusses Lazear's discovery of intrinsic and extrinsic incubation in mosquitoes.

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Hench discusses the history of the Kissinger family trying to obtain more pension money, including a plea for funeral expenses from Ida Kissinger for her husband.