Human Experimentation

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Peabody gives a brief history of the Yellow Fever Commission and discusses the pensions to be granted to the yellow fever volunteers after the passing of the Copeland-Wainwright Bill.

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Truby, by examining the stubs of the checkbook used to disburse funds at Camp Lazear, analyzes the cost of the yellow fever experiments. He produces a figure of $6,500.

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Moran's autobiography gives a detailed account of the yellow fever experiments in which he took part.

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Andrus describes his role as a volunteer in the yellow fever experiments.

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In a second draft of his manuscript, Andrus describes the yellow fever experiments and discusses his participation as a volunteer.

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:...

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The Roll of Honor lists the Yellow Fever Commission members, Reed experiment volunteers and persons involved in the Gorgas-Guiteras experiments.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...

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This transcript focuses on the estate of Wallace Forbes and discusses the government pension due him and his heirs for his service as a volunteer in the Yellow Fever Commission experiments, in Cuba.

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Andrus answers questions about Ames and mentions the kindness of Lambert.

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Kean provides his recollections of the Yellow Fever Commission, in response to Hench's questions.

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Hench questions Kean about the yellow fever experiments at Camp Lazear.

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Hench's interview deals with myriad topics, including: Moran and Kissinger, locations of hospitals and living quarters, the X.Y. case, Kean's case of yellow fever, and the discovery that someone had removed all the papers from Reed's desk after his death.

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Lazear wants to know the circumstances behind her husband's death of yellow fever. She has a hard time believing that her husband allowed an infected mosquito to bite his hand. She thanks Carroll for sending her the money orders.

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Hench interviews Lambert regarding his participation in the care of the yellow fever patients at Camp Lazear. He poses questions concerning buildings at the site as well as people involved in the yellow fever experiments. Lambert believes that Ames should be included on the Roll of Honor.

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This Cuban newspaper article describes the visit of Cuban officials and Moran to the Camp Lazear site. Building No. 1 has been named a national monument.

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Rojas rents the lime kilns and quarries on his San Jose farm to Zunzunegui, who may occupy the two small wooden houses.

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Recio' speech details the experiments of the Yellow Fever Commission at Camp Lazear and praises Finlay for first proposing the mosquito theory. He describes Hench's research and the actions taken by the Board of Patrons in creating the memorial.

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Albertini memorializes Jesse W. Lazear and Clara Maass.

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The article describes the connection between the mosquito and yellow fever.