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Public health

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1023 Collections and/or Records:

Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter,  July 31, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 5
Identifier: 01205001
Scope and Contents

Carter comments on Muhlens' paper about regional variations in the mosquito's relation to the malaria parasite.

Dates:  July 31, 1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter, September 8, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 15
Identifier: 00915016
Scope and Contents

Carter recommends continuation of work. He requests to stay since he is the most qualified. He fears a yellow fever outbreak in Lima.

Dates: September 8, 1921
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

Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter, May 22, 1917

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11
Identifier: 00811032
Scope and Contents

Carter discusses a possibly mis-diagnosed case of yellow fever.

Dates: May 22, 1917
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

Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter,  circa 1924

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 37
Identifier: 01137011
Scope and Contents

Carter comments on Williamson's manuscript, entitled "The Use of Fish for the Control of Mosquitoes."

Dates:  circa 1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Letter from Henry Rose Carter to Dr. Williamson with comments on<title render="doublequote">The Use of Fish for Mosquito Control</title>, by Williamson

Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter and Joseph A. LePrince, February 15, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 6
Identifier: 00806001
Scope and Contents

Carter and LePrince discuss a mosquito control project and the incidence of malaria to be expected.

Dates: February 15, 1916
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Memorandum from [Henry Rose Carter] to Assistant Surgeon-General Trask, June 2, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803039
Scope and Contents

[Carter] outlines the roles of Griffitts, LePrince, and von Ezdorf in work involving impounded waters.

Dates: June 2, 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

Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter to James A. Haynes, February 20, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 61
Identifier: 00761001
Scope and Contents

Carter discusses his role in the prevention of yellow fever and malaria in South Carolina.

Dates: February 20, 1915
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter to M.A. Barber,  1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 34
Identifier: 01234001
Scope and Contents

Carter discusses life in Virginia, between 1865 and 1870.

Dates:  1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Memorandum from [Henry Rose Carter] to William E. Deeks,  May 11, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 1
Identifier: 01201007
Scope and Contents

Carter suggests topics for a possible paper.

Dates:  May 11, 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

Memorandum from J.F. Siler to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  September 12, 1927

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 71
Identifier: 06271009
Scope and Contents

Siler comments on Kean's defense of Finlay.

Dates:  September 12, 1927
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

Memorandum from John W. Kerr, September 20, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764069
Scope and Contents

Kerr reports on cooperation with the International Health Commission and discusses steps to be taken in eradication of malaria.

Dates: September 20, 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

Memorandum from Juan Guiteras and Aristides Agramonte to Charles E. Magoon,  November 24, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 51
Identifier: 02951001
Scope and Contents

Guiteras and Agramonte describe a case of yellow fever.

Dates:  November 24, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Memorandum from L.O. Howard,  circa 1930

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 49
Identifier: 03249001
Scope and Contents

Howard reflects on his lifetime of work with mosquitoes. He includes a transcript of a January 13, 1901 letter from Walter Reed describing the success of Reed's experiments. A transcript of a February 20, 1902 letter from Ronald Ross discusses Ross' work in Africa.

Dates:  circa 1930
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Memorandum from Mario G. Lebredo to Henry Rose Carter, April 18, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 7
Identifier: 00907006
Scope and Contents

Lebredo informs Carter of his latest research and the International Sanitary Convention of the American Republics meetings.

Dates: April 18, 1921
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

Memorandum from Robin Lampson,  December 14, 1937

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 80
Identifier: 06280009
Scope and Contents

Lampson solicits information about Gorgas for an upcoming book on the conquest of yellow fever.

Dates:  December 14, 1937
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean

Memorandum from T.H.D. Griffitts to G.H. Hazlehurst,  1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 10
Identifier: 01210001
Scope and Contents

Griffitts discusses vegetation and mosquito larvae in 14 different ponds in the Cherokee Basin.

Dates:  1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Memorandum of interview with William Crawford Gorgas, by Wickliffe Rose,  July 14, 1914

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 19
Identifier: 03019001
Scope and Contents

Rose and Gorgas discuss the relative severity of ankylostomiasis and malaria in Malaya, as well as plans to eradicate yellow fever worldwide.

Dates:  July 14, 1914
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Memorandum on infective properties of yellow fever,  circa 1900-1925

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01324003
Scope and Contents

[Carter] discusses the infective properties of yellow fever and the influence of his work on Reed and Lazear.

Dates:  circa 1900-1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Miscellaneous notes and papers relating to Henry Rose Carter, malaria, and yellow fever

Method of the Spread of Yellow Fever,  April 15, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 36
Identifier: 02936001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas presents an article to the Canal Zone Medical Association on work done in Cuba and Panama to eradicate yellow fever.

Dates:  April 15, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Military orders for Aristides Agramonte,  June 27, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 44
Identifier: 02044001
Scope and Contents

Special Orders #97 orders Agramonte to Santa Clara, Cuba on sanitary duty. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  June 27, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed