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Human Experimentation

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 836 Collections and/or Records:

Building Number Two, Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, circa 1901

 Item — Box 90: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 16
Identifier: P9016001
Scope and Contents

According to Philip Showalter Hench the picture citation erroneously describes the structure in the image as Building Number One.

Dates: circa 1901

Cablegram (Telegram) from Luis B. Pogolotti to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 23, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 28
Identifier: 03628007
Scope and Contents

Pogolotti informs Hench that Macia will donate his portion of the Camp Lazear property and thinks Macia's partner will do the same.

Dates:  October 23, 1940

Cablegram (Telegram) from Melvin D. Brewer to John J. Moran,  October 5, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03624001
Scope and Contents

Brewer requests that Moran send him a photograph of himself to be used for publicity.

Dates:  October 5, 1940

Camp Lazear experimental building with notes by Philip Showalter Hench,  circa 1930-1950

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 8
Identifier: P6308020
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...
Dates:  circa 1930-1950

Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 2, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 25
Identifier: P8325001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  December 2, 1952

Camp Lazear site, Cuba,  circa 1941

 Item — Box 91: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 27
Identifier: P9127001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  circa 1941

Camp Lazear story for Mayovox, by Helen Cassidy,  circa April 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 04609005
Scope and Contents

Cassidy's article briefly tells the story of the yellow fever experiments, the discovery by Hench of the correct location of Camp Lazear, and the eventual dedication of the site.

Dates:  circa April 1953

Camp Lazear with notes by Philip Showalter Hench,  circa 1930-1950

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 8
Identifier: P6308016
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...
Dates:  circa 1930-1950

Carry Yellow Fever Germs,The New York Times,  January 10, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 12
Identifier: N2412001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates:  January 10, 1901

Causes Yellow Fever,The Baltimore News, April 24, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 62
Identifier: N2462001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: April 24, 1901

Character references for John J. Moran,  August 21, 1919

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 50
Identifier: 03050001
Scope and Contents

Harold Sorenson and R.P. Harbold describe Moran's service in the army.

Dates:  August 21, 1919

Charles G. Sonntag holding a medal and the test tube containing two mosquitos which most likely gave him yellow fever,  September 1941

 Item — Box 80: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 30
Identifier: P8030001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  September 1941

Check from Philip Showalter Hench to John J. Moran,  January 28, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 52
Identifier: 03452001
Scope and Contents

Hench's check for a photograph of Moran was returned to him by Moran.

Dates:  January 28, 1938

Chronology of the yellow fever work in Cuba, 1899 and 1900,  June 1, 1929

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 43
Identifier: 03143002
Scope and Contents

This chronology includes Kean's personal experiences and an autographed entry noting Reed's death, in 1902.

Dates:  June 1, 1929

Circular on Jesse W. Lazear's actions in Cuba, circa 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444043
Scope and Contents

This circular relates Lazear's role in the yellow fever research.

Dates: circa 1908

Columbia Barracks Hospital with notes by Philip Showalter Hench,  circa 1930-1950

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 8
Identifier: P6308018
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...
Dates:  circa 1930-1950

Composite view of Camp Lazear site, Cuba,  1940

 Item — Box 91: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 44
Identifier: P9144001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  1940

Composite view of the Camp Lazear site, Cuba,  1941

 Item — Box 91: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 49
Identifier: P9149001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  1941

Confidential Memorandum of Trip to Cuba, March 2-11, 1948, by Philip Showalter Hench with annotations by Albert E. Truby,  circa March 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 04208002
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses, in detail, his trip to Cuba. He writes that Moran and Nogueira were of great help to him. Moran stated that he was the first to volunteer for the experiments. Hench describes his visit to Camp Lazear, the Finca San Jose, Camp Columbia, Las Animas Hospital, General Wood's old headquarters, the site of the 1901 Pan-American Medical Congress, Finlay's home, and the Finlay Institute.

Dates:  circa March 1948

Contract for yellow fever experiment,  August 16, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 18
Identifier: 02518031
Scope and Contents

This contract is a copy of the original contract made with non-immunes for Caldas' yellow-fever experiment. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 16, 1901