letters (correspondence)

Hench will send Kean additional reprints of the Wyeth painting. He comments on the discovery, at the New York Academy of Medicine, of a notebook believed to belong to Lazear. He wonders if Carroll's son sold it to the Academy.

Hench informs Kean that Lazear's niece took him to the old family home where he found letters from Lazear to his mother and other personal items. Hench notes that he has also found Agramonte's leave of absence papers indicating he left Cuba several days before Lazear died.

Hench tells Kean of an upcoming trip to see various people connected with the yellow fever experiments and of having recently seen Emilie Lawrence Reed. He recounts having given his yellow fever talk at a medical meeting and thanks Kean for his previous letter and the enclosed clippings.

Hench informs Kean that Jessie Ames sent Hench a certificate of Roger Ames' yellow fever infection as well as an army paper, which referred to Ames as “yellow fever immune.” He also discusses his own impending military service.

Hench informs Kean that he has received 22 fever charts from Jessie Ames. He requests clarification in regards to remarks on the back of Dean's fever chart.

Hench discusses the location of the original fever charts. He also comments on life in the army.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Hench reports on his family. He also doubts Lambert's story. He describes efforts to contact James Carroll's son, George. He also hopes to find some records from Carter.

Hench discusses the notes on Kean's yellow fever chart. He requests that Kean look over the letters written to Ames.

Hench is delighted to receive letters from yellow fever collaborators. Lazear's daughter shows interest in Hench's research.

Hench writes that he has heard Moran plans to write his memoirs. The Cuban government is interested in preserving Building No. 1, although they have made no concrete plans.

Hench discusses the room in which Reed died and his desire that it be memorialized. He wonders if the American Society for Tropical Medicine or some other organization would provide funds for a bronze plaque.

Hench wants to know if McCoy is still alive. He discusses the biography by Hagedorn which credits Wood with the suggestion that led Sternberg to form the Yellow Fever Commission.

Hench appreciates the letters from Sternberg and Finlay. He hopes to see the Wood papers the next time he is in Washington, D.C.

Hench explains the painting of Walter Reed proposed by the John Wyeth Company. He criticizes the dominant role of Finlay in their preliminary sketches and offers suggestions to improve upon the scene.

Hench describes receiving Reed's “New Year's Eve letter,” in which Reed described his thoughts on the transmission of yellow fever by mosquitoes.