Physicians

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Rose informs Carter that some of Noguchi's vaccine has been shipped to Peru.

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King honors Carroll and others. He lays emphasis on his contribution to national health. He supports a pension.

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Peabody discusses yellow fever work dating back to 1897, with particular emphasis on the work done in Cuba, in 1900 and 1901, by Reed and the Yellow Fever Commission.

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Standing in the photograph from left to right: Alfredo Dominquez Rieder, Aristides Agramonte, [s.n.] Taylor, A. Diaz Albertini, [unknown], and Hugo Roberts. Seated from left to right: Carlos Finlay and Juan Guiteras

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Hench gives a history of yellow fever and the investigation done by Finlay.

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Summary of Hench's research and trip to Havana, Cuba, with various autograph notes, memorandum, and addendum.

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Summary of Hench's research and trip to Havana, Cuba, with various autograph notes, memorandum, and addendum.

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,...

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Inscribed, "Yours very sincerely" and singed by Smith.

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Reed turns down an invitation to speak at Flexner's Pathological Society in Philadelphia.

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

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Russell asks if Hanson would accompany White on a yellow fever survey of Colombia.

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Reed states that the mosquito theory for the propagation of yellow fever is a fact, not a theory. Reed's postscript gives credit to Kean for cleaning measures against the mosquito. [Reed mistakes the year, it should be 1901, not 1900.]

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Rodriguez-Perez informs Hench that the Finlay Institute's copy of the history of Military Hospital No. 1 is the only one they have. He is not willing to lend it to Hench, but can have it copied. See Spanish original.

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[Kean?] comments on the paucity of public praise that Reed has received. He maintains that his work should be recognized by the United States government, and ends with a call for a generous pension to Emilie Lawrence Reed.

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:...

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,...

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This is an outline, organized chronologically, of Kean's experience with the Yellow Fever Commission.

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Kean chronologically lists the events related to yellow fever in Cuba, for Hagedorn.

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Ashburn's speech to an audience of student nurses is an overview of Reed's life and work. The piece includes an excerpt from the Surgeon General's report, 1900.