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Human Experimentation

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 836 Collections and/or Records:

Notes on the Yellow Fever Commission,  circa 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 25
Identifier: 03625001
Scope and Contents

Moran sends Hench extensive notes describing locations, personalities, and other details of the yellow fever experiments and commenting on the actions and attitudes of the Cuban government regarding a Lazear memorial location.

Dates:  circa 1940

Obituary for Thomas M. England in theJournal of the American Medical Association,  September 4, 1943

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 13
Identifier: 05813001
Scope and Contents

This obituary, which appeared in the "Journal of the American Medical Association," discusses the career of England - an original yellow fever experiment volunteer.

Dates:  September 4, 1943

Obituary fragment of James Carroll, circa 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 57
Identifier: 02957003
Scope and Contents

This is an incomplete, hand-corrected draft of an obituary of James Carroll, written for the Washington Academy of Sciences.

Dates: circa 1908

Original Contributions to the Science of Medicine by Medical Officers of the Army. Walter Reed and Yellow Fever,  circa 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03101002
Scope and Contents

Siler's manuscript describes 19th century yellow fever epidemics in the United States, theories of yellow fever transmission, and the contribution of Reed in proving mosquito transmission.

Dates:  circa 1926

Outline for Philip Showalter Hench's book on yellow fever and Walter Reed,  circa 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04350001
Scope and Contents

This outline lists chapter titles and provides rough descriptions of their content.

Dates:  circa 1950

Partial draft ofDr. Jesse Lazear and his Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Feverwith attached notes,  circa October 26, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 38
Identifier: 03638074
Scope and Contents

This is the text of Hench's speech, which was given at the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

Dates:  circa October 26, 1940

Patronates of the Committee for the Preservation of Building Number One in front of Building Number 1 with Philip Showalter Hench,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 29
Identifier: P8329001
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 3, 1952

Patronates of the Committee for the Preservation of Building Number One, in front of Building Number One with Philip Showalter Hench at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 28
Identifier: P8328001
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 3, 1952

Patronates of the Committee for the Preservation of Building Number One in front of the memorials with Philip Showalter Hench at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 2, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 32
Identifier: P8332001
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

Patronates of the Committee for the Preservation of Building Number One in front of the memorials with Philip Showalter Hench at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 2, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 33
Identifier: P8333001
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

Patronates of the Committee for the Preservation of Building Number One in front of the memorials with Philp Showalter Hench at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 2, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 31
Identifier: P8331001
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

Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1
Abstract The Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection documents the work of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission, the legacy of the commission’s discoveries, the lives of individuals who were connected to the commission, and twentieth century campaigns to shape public memory of the commission. Items in the collection date from 1800 to 1998, with the bulk of the items dating from 1864 to 1974. A wide range of formats are represented in the collection including, but not limited to the...
Dates: circa 1800-circa 1998; Majority of material found within 1863-1974

Philip Showalter Hench and an unidentified man outside Building Number One, Camp Lazear site, Cuba,  circa 1930-1950

 Item — Box 90: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 78
Identifier: P9078001
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 1930-1950

Philip Showalter Hench, John J. Moran, and Pedro Nogueira outside of Building Number One, Camp Lazear site, Cuba,  March 1948

 Item — Box 91: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 35
Identifier: P9135001
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:  March 1948

Philip Showalter Hench pointing to the double-thick tongued and grooved boards inside Building Number One, Cuba,  March 1948

 Item — Box 91: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 34
Identifier: P9134001
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:  March 1948

Philip Showalter Hench standing beside the sliding window panel inside Building Number One, Camp Lazear site, Cuba,  March 1948

 Item — Box 91: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 32
Identifier: P9132001
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:  March 1948

Philip Showalter Hench's interview with Jefferson Randolph Kean,  November 19, 1946

 Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 10
Identifier: 06410001
Scope and Contents

Hench interviews Kean about the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  November 19, 1946

Philip Showalter Hench's miscellaneous questions for Albert E. Truby,  December 1946

 Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 11
Identifier: 06411017
Scope and Contents

Hench provides an outline of miscellaneous questions for Truby about the yellow fever investigation. Responses by both Truby and Hench are included for some of the questions.

Dates:  December 1946

Philip Showalter Hench's questions for Albert E. Truby concerning Truby's book,  December 1946

 Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 11
Identifier: 06411001
Scope and Contents

Hench provides as outline of questions for Truby about his book, “Memoir of Walter Reed.” Responses by both Truby and Hench are included for some of the questions.

Dates:  December 1946

Photograph of the remains of Building No. 1 at the Camp Lazear site,  circa 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: P4231015
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...
Dates:  circa 1948