Physicians

Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed and Blossom Reed, November 30, 1900

Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22

Identifier: 02222001

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Reed expresses empathy for his wife's gout. He writes that the experimental camp is almost completed and will soon be ready for work.

Dates: November 30, 1900

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

Letter from Walter Reed to George Miller Sternberg, July 24, 1900

Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 64

Identifier: 02064001

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Reed is astonished that yellow fever remains unrecognized at Pinar del Rio. He recommends measures taken to avoid an epidemic, and the use of human experimentation to study the disease.

Dates: July 24, 1900

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

Letter from Walter Reed to George Miller Sternberg, July 5, 1898

Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 34

Identifier: 01834001

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Reed informs Sternberg that Edward Mason Parker is a most competent physician. [Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine]

Dates: July 5, 1898

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

Letter from Walter Reed to James Carroll, February 16, 1901

Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 43

Identifier: 02443001

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Reed arrives in Washington. He discusses an article for the Journal of the American Medical Association and comments on the editor's changes. No promotion for Carroll is forthcoming.

Dates: February 16, 1901

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

Letter from Walter Reed to James Carroll, September 30

Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 39

Identifier: 02539001

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Reed discusses Carroll's experiments, comments on Springer's involvement, and makes recommendations.

Dates: September 30

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

Letter from Walter Reed to James Carroll, September 24, 1900

Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 24

Identifier: 02124001

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Reed discusses the mosquito as the vector for yellow fever and the amount of evidence necessary to prove this hypothesis.

Dates: September 24, 1900

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

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean, September 25, 1900

Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 25

Identifier: 02125001

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Reed discusses the probability of a mosquito vector for yellow fever. He regrets his absence from Cuba. He will not experiment on himself, and anticipates a publication on the etiology of the disease.

Dates: September 25, 1900

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

Letter from Walter Reed to Jennie Carroll, September 7, 1900

Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 16

Identifier: 02116001

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Reed notifies Jennie Carroll of James Carroll's improved condition.

Dates: September 7, 1900

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

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe, September 21, 1882

Item — Box 139: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 10

Identifier: 13910001

Scope and Contents

Reed discusses finances, and offers advice on female health and education. He advocates against too much emphasis on academic excellence.

Dates: September 21, 1882

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe, November 28, 1892

Item — Box 139: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 29

Identifier: 13929001

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Reed offers advice for Blincoe's daughter, Laura. He discusses his personal finances, and regrets that he cannot send her money.

Dates: November 28, 1892

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to the Adjutant General, July 3, 1875

Item — Box 16: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 74

Identifier: 01674018

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Reed informs the Adjutant General about his appointment as Assistant Surgeon. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: July 3, 1875

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Certification of Walter Reed's passing of army examinations and his appointment as assistant surgeon

Letter from Walter Reed to the Surgeon General, June 1, 1900

Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 25

Identifier: 02025001

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Reed acknowledges the receipt of a check for $50.00 for use in the Medical Board's research.

Dates: June 1, 1900

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

Letter from Walter Reed to the Surgeon General, January 31, 1885

Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 80

Identifier: 01780001

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Reed reports that he has taken up his assigned post as Post Surgeon, Fort Robinson, Nebraska.

Dates: January 31, 1885

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to the Surgeon General, September 2, 1874

Item — Box 16: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 11

Identifier: 01611009

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Reed acknowledges the receipt of the invitation to appear before Army Medical Examination Board. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: September 2, 1874

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Materials relating to Walter Reed's appearance before army examination board

Letter from Walter Reed to the War Department, September 9, 1902

Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31

Identifier: 02631001

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Reed approves and endorses Carroll's application for admission into the Medical Corps of the Army. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: September 9, 1902