Public health

Bell sends Carter a subpoena to appear as a witness for the Colleton Cypress Co.

[Laura Carter] writes that Henry Carter believes that parasites do not develop in mosquitoes below 61 degrees . He believes last year's cases of malaria were caused by females that had been hibernating.

Carter asks ifThe Practice of Medicine in the Tropics, with her father's section on yellow fever, has gone to press. Her father has finished yellow fever work in Peru, but Laura Eugenia Cook Carter, his wife, has died.

Laura Carter expresses her gratitude to the International Health Board for their tribute to Henry Carter.

[Laura Carter] sends Cumming a list of Henry Carter's articles at the Army Medical Museum.

Laura Carter sends her cousin Myron biographical material on Henry Carter, claiming that his work helped to determine the direction of Reed's.

Lawrence Reed praises Truby's book on Walter Reed. He vividly remembers Truby's efforts to eradicate mosquito breeding sites.

Bell expresses his appreciation for Carter's report on a local swamp and mentions a potential mosquito survey for the following summer.

Wood provides news of a yellow fever epidemic among American troops.

Wood rebuts an accusation that Officers concealed outbreaks of yellow fever in Havana.

Weedon asks Carter if U.S. gulf ports should begin a campaign to eliminate mosquitoes.

Weedon writes that [he] will work to persuade Tampa officials to outlaw rain water cisterns for mosquito control.

Bates informs Carter that yellow fever vaccine and serum has been sent.

Franck asks Kean to correct the enclosed copy of his answers to earlier questions, sign his name, and mail it to Hench. Kean adds a note to Hench, dated June 19, 1946, in which he recalls a portrait which was done of himself.

Arthur poses numerous questions related to mosquitos.

Williams discusses a bulletin that was distributed to educate the public about mosquitoes. He writes about employing a sanitary officer for malaria education.

Williams believes that the malaria abstracts require Carter's comments to be useful. He has been filming locations that need draining as part of the anti-malaria campaign.

Fisher requests Carter's suggestions for water projects in North Carolina.

Fisher thanks Carter for his public health recommendations. He describes his anti-malaria work and tells of the prevalence of malaria at North and South Carolina sites.

Fisher reports on malaria and mosquito conditions at some North Carolina sites.