Religion

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William Lazear announces the death of his mother and the upcoming funeral.

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Morrison regrets that he cannot attend the ceremony and remembers fondly the time he spent with Hench when Hench was young.

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Simpson summarizes the life of Lemuel S. Reed, as he knew him through religious work, and gives an account of his death and funeral. Simpson conducted the funeral service.

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Kean lists the yellow fever experiment participants included in the Roll of Honor.

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Tyler recounts yellow fever outbreaks.

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Welch provides journal article references on yellow fever.

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Lower thanks Emilie Reed for her promised gift of a cross and vases for the nearly completed chapel at Walter Reed Hospital.

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Gorgas details the yearly deaths caused by yellow fever in the month of July, and states that the sanitary conditions for July 1900 are better than any time in the past ten years. His report includes two charts of deaths in Havana: “Deaths by Months for the Years 1890 to 1900” and “Arrivals and Departures of Passengers at Havana.”

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Horlbeck concludes in this report to the American Public Health Association that the bacillus icteroides, discovered by Sanarelli, is the cause of yellow fever.

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Selected pages of the report give statistics regarding deaths in Havana. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Content Description This collection contains one typed letter from Dr. Agnes Maude Royden (1876-1956) to Mrs.Bird. In the letter, she asks after a newborn, discusses the cold weather, her move from Sevenoaks to London, her loss of hearing, and updates on mutual acquaintances. Royden was a British suffragist, preacher, and lecturer who founded the Church League for Women's Suffrage in 1909 and founded the ecumenical Guildhouse in 1921, which became a cultural hub in London for fifteen years.Royden...

Content Description This collection contains the papers of Nathan A. Scott Jr. (1925-2006), a religious scholar, founding figure in the field of Religion and Literature, and professor at the University of Virginia from 1976 to 1990. He was the first Black faculty member in the Religious Studies department and one of the first tenured Black professors at the University of Virginia. The bulk of the materials are articles on religious and literature topics from colleagues in the field, often signed or sent with...

Scope and Contents In this speech, delivered at the dedication of Camp Lazear, Hench stresses the Cuban-American cooperation underlying the conquest of yellow fever. He discusses the Havana Yellow Fever Commission of 1879 and the choice of the Finca San Jose as an experimental site because of its yellow fever immunity. He describes Finlay's mosquito hypothesis and experiments, and the lack of support for his theory. Hench then outlines the work of Lazear and the Reed Commission, quotes Reed and Finlay, and...

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In this speech, to the Rotary Club of Havana, [Hench] mentions his marriage, his admiration of those involved in the yellow fever experiments, and some of the people he has met through his yellow fever research.

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In addition to the topics mentioned in the title, this report by Davis, the Chief Sanitary Officer in Havana, Cuba, includes a sanitary report and the number of cases of infectious diseases. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Philip and Mary Hench send their condolences to Cornelia Kean, the widow of Jefferson Randolph Kean. Philip praises Kean's qualities as a physician, a soldier, and a Christian.

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Rose informs Carter that some of Noguchi's vaccine has been shipped to Peru.

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King honors Carroll and others. He lays emphasis on his contribution to national health. He supports a pension.

Scope and Contents In this speech, delivered at the dedication of Camp Lazear, Hench stresses the Cuban-American cooperation underlying the conquest of yellow fever. He discusses the Havana Yellow Fever Commission of 1879 and the choice of the Finca San Jose as an experimental site because of its yellow fever immunity. He describes Finlay's mosquito hypothesis and experiments, and the lack of support for his theory. Hench then outlines the work of Lazear and the Reed Commission, quotes Reed and Finlay, and...