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Found in 1023 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Victor G. Heiser to Henry Rose Carter,  December 4, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 01217004
Scope and Contents

Heiser sends a detailed report on the Malaria conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. He discusses malaria treatment, control, and mosquitoes.

Dates:  December 4, 1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Wade H. Frost to Henry Rose Carter,  March 21, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 27
Identifier: 00927011
Scope and Contents

Frost comments on Carter's report on influenza and pneumonia in Panama and urges him to publish it. He feels Carter's lectures were the best they have had at Johns Hopkins.

Dates:  March 21, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Walter D. McCaw to Mark Sullivan,  July 14, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269033
Scope and Contents

McCaw offers comments on Sullivan's draft chapter about Gorgas and yellow fever.

Dates:  July 14, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  October 13, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 39
Identifier: 02139001
Scope and Contents

Reed returns to Washington for a meeting with the Surgeon General. He will continue on to Indianapolis for the American Public Health meeting. On November 1, Reed will leave for Cuba.

Dates:  October 13, 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 Emilie Lawrence Reed,  July 8, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 55
Identifier: 02055001
Scope and Contents

Reed reassures Emilie Lawrence Reed about yellow fever, claiming there is no danger. He writes about work done at Keewaydin and explains how he is organizing his laboratory.

Dates:  July 8, 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
Scope and Contents

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 James Carroll,  September 9, 1898

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 39
Identifier: 01839001
Scope and Contents

Reed suggests several methods to determine whether patients have typhoid or malarial remittent fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  September 9, 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 Jefferson Randolph Kean,  June 5, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 3
Identifier: 02503001
Scope and Contents

Reed considers Durham's work on a bacillus. Although there is no work for the Yellow Fever Board in Cuba at present, he advises Kean to maintain Camp Lazear. Reed discusses immunization against yellow fever.

Dates:  June 5, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from W.C. Hausheer to Wickliffe Rose,  November 15, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 01003032
Scope and Contents

Hausheer reports that their yellow fever findings in Surinam proved negative, but yellow fever is present in Sierra Leone.

Dates:  November 15, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Wenceslao Pareja to Henry Rose Carter,  February 7, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021038
Scope and Contents

Pareja informs Carter that he has never seen a case of espiroquetosis ictero-hemorrhagica (Weil's Disease) in Guayaquil.

Dates:  February 7, 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Wenceslao Pareja to Wickliffe Rose,  May 29, 1921

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 58
Identifier: 03058001
Scope and Contents

Pareja, in this letter translated from Spanish to English, writes to Rose regarding his appointment as Director of Health. He details efforts taken to eliminate yellow fever.

Dates:  May 29, 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from W.G. Stimpson to Henry Rose Carter, November 5, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764084
Scope and Contents

Stimpson discusses reimbursement for expenses.

Dates: November 5, 1915
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from W.G. Stimpson to Henry Rose Carter, January 13, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803001
Scope and Contents

Stimpson requests that Carter detail his expenses for reimbursement.

Dates: January 13, 1916
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from W.G. Stimpson to Henry Rose Carter, January 22, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803005
Scope and Contents

Stimpson sends Carter a copy of a letter to St. Vincent's hospital regarding payment for Carter's treatment there.

Dates: January 22, 1916
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from W.G. Stimpson to Henry Rose Carter, September 28, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803077
Scope and Contents

Stimpson discusses Carter's request for a leave of absence.

Dates: September 28, 1916
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from W.G. Stimpson to Henry Rose Carter, March 8, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803026
Scope and Contents

Stimpson reimburses Carter for his expenses.

Dates: March 8, 1916
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from W.G. Stimpson to Superintendent, St. Vincent's Hospital, January 22, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803006
Scope and Contents

Stimpson arranges for Carter to be reimbursed for payment made to St. Vincent's Hospital.

Dates: January 22, 1916
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from W.H. Lowdermilk & Co. to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 1, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839007
Scope and Contents

Lowdermilk acknowledges Hench's book request and informs him which publications are available.

Dates:  December 1, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from W.H.W. Komp to Henry Rose Carter, January 24, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 00925048
Scope and Contents

Komp finds great value Carter's abstracts of malaria literature.

Dates: January 24, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Wickliffe Rose to Henry Rose Carter,  February 13, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021045
Scope and Contents

Rose sends Carter correspondence relating to Guiteras' resignation from the International Health Board's Yellow Fever Council.

Dates:  February 13, 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter