Human Experimentation

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young, December 9, 1900

Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 29

Identifier: 14329001

Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes that Jefferson Randolph Kean's stepmother is coming to Cuba. She describes the excitement over the first case of experimental yellow fever at Camp Lazear.

Dates: December 9, 1900

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young, December 14, 1900

Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 30

Identifier: 14330001

Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes about the success of Reed's yellow fever experiments with infected mosquitoes and clothing.

Dates: December 14, 1900

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young, December 7, 1901

Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 45

Identifier: 14345001

Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes about the Keans' travels, her daughter's ear infections, and a case of experimental yellow fever.

Dates: December 7, 1901

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Luis B. Pogolotti to Philip Showalter Hench, October 17, 1940

Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 28

Identifier: 03628002

Scope and Contents

Pogolotti assures Hench that he is positive the shack is Camp Lazear Building No. 1.

Dates: October 17, 1940

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Luis B. Pogolotti

Letter from Mabel Houston Lazear to James Carroll, November 10, 1900

Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 76

Identifier: 00376001

Scope and Contents

Mabel H. Lazear asks Carroll for information on the circumstances of Jesse Lazear's death.

Dates: November 10, 1900

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Mabel L. Conat to Philip Showalter Hench, September 3, 1940

Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16

Identifier: 03616001

Scope and Contents

Conat informs Hench that William Dean died in Grand Rapids, and that there is no reference to a Dean Bridge in Detroit.

Dates: September 3, 1940

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous letters received by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Margaret Deland to James E. Peabody, June 8, 1927

Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 19

Identifier: 03119001

Scope and Contents

Deland thanks Peabody for his work for Kissinger. She offers to lobby Congress and sends a check to Ida Kissinger.

Dates: June 8, 1927

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Mary I.S. McCutchen to Howard A. Kelly, circa July 2, 1907

Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31

Identifier: 02931014

Scope and Contents

McCutchen sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates: circa July 2, 1907

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to contributions for the support of John R. Kissinger

Letter from Mary L. Penrose to Howard A. Kelly, circa July 5, 1907

Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31

Identifier: 02931025

Scope and Contents

Penrose sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates: circa July 5, 1907

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to contributions for the support of John R. Kissinger

Letter from Mary L. Spooner to Howard A. Kelly, circa July 4, 1907

Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31

Identifier: 02931018

Scope and Contents

Spooner sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates: circa July 4, 1907

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to contributions for the support of John R. Kissinger

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Hugh S. Cumming, October 27, 1925

Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 19

Identifier: 01119008

Scope and Contents

Ravenel discusses the influences of Henry Rose Carter's extrinsic incubation theory and Finlay's mosquito theory on Reed's work.

Dates: October 27, 1925

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Morris Sheppard to Jessie Daniel Ames, January 31, 1930

Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 32

Identifier: 03232001

Scope and Contents

Sheppard informs Jessie Ames of the results of his correspondence with Secretary of War Hurley concerning her husband.

Dates: January 31, 1930

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Morris Sheppard to Jessie Daniel Ames, February 11, 1930

Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 34

Identifier: 03234001

Scope and Contents

Sheppard forwards a letter from Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War, to Jessie Ames, which confirms that her husband contracted yellow fever in Cuba. Sheppard writes that he will continue to work for a bill recognizing Ames' service.

Dates: February 11, 1930