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Public health

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1023 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from D. S. Fairchild, Jr. to Henry Rose Carter, May 10, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 7
Identifier: 00907019
Scope and Contents

Fairchild informs Carter that Beverly of Medical Corps is at Langley Field, Virginia.

Dates: May 10, 1921

Letter from E. J. Scannell to Henry Rose Carter,  May 20, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00931009
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Scannell reminisces about times he and Carter spent in Panama. He reports on yellow fever field work in Mexico and claims to have created a “no man's land” between Mexico and Guatemala.

Dates:  May 20, 1922

Letter from E.A. Sweet to Henry Rose Carter,  June 1, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01109004
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Sweet provides a detailed account of the vessels traveling between the Pacific Coast of the Americas and Asia.

Dates:  June 1, 1923

Letter from Earl I. Brown to Henry Rose Carter, March 23, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764038
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Brown grants Carter permission to conduct a sanitary survey around the Coosa River.

Dates: March 23, 1915

Letter from E.C. Houle to Henry Rose Carter,  May 9, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01102017
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Houle writes that he has little information about trans-Pacific shipping from Mexican ports, but suggests where Carter can obtain an itinerary of all vessels.

Dates:  May 9, 1923

Letter from Edgar Mayer to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 15, 1943

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 28
Identifier: 04028001
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Mayer assures Hench that he wants him on the scientific board of the Finlay Institute. He inquires if Hench would be interested in accompanying a group of military doctors on a training mission to Cuba.

Dates:  June 15, 1943

Letter from Edwin C. Shaw to Henry Rose Carter, August 1, 1919

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 00818099
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Shaw requests Carter's advice in establishing a city public health clinic in Akron, Ohio.

Dates: August 1, 1919

Letter from E.J. Scannell to Henry Rose Carter,  June 3, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01109009
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Scannell discusses sections from Carter's book, entitled "Epidemiology of Yellow Fever," and requests Carter's opinion on certain aspects.

Dates:  June 3, 1923

Letter from E.J. Scannell to Henry Rose Carter,  December 24, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 01217031
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Scannell reports on the yellow fever work in Brazil. He offers his opinion on the methods by which the yellow fever work is conducted.

Dates:  December 24, 1924

Letter from E.J. Scannell to Henry Rose Carter,  May 4, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01224001
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Scannell discusses the mud puddle breeding of mosquitoes in Africa. He is confident that the yellow fever work in Africa will succeed.

Dates:  May 4, 1925

Letter from E.J. Scannell to Henry Rose Carter,  July 7, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 34
Identifier: 00934015
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Scannell discusses his field work and answers Carter's questions concerning the breeding places of mosquitoes in wells.

Dates:  July 7, 1922

Letter from Emmett I. Vaughn to Michael E. Connor,  December 6, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 16
Identifier: 01216001
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Vaughn discusses possible yellow fever cases in British Honduras. He encloses a copy of his report.

Dates:  December 6, 1924

Letter from F. E. Pettman to The Rockefeller Foundation,  May 25, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01113009
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Pettman is nearly out of yellow fever vaccine. He describes the case of an Italian who died of yellow fever and lists yellow fever deaths among whites in the Gold Coast.

Dates:  May 25, 1923

Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter,  June 6, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 01103001
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Read sends Carter a preliminary report by White concerning the Yellow Fever Commission's survey of Colombia.

Dates:  June 6, 1923

Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter,  June 18, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01109040
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Read sends Carter a copy of a letter from Pothier to White related to cases of yellow fever in Bucaramanga.

Dates:  June 18, 1923

Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter,  December 11, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124002
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Read sends Carter copies of reports - in French with some English translations - from October 1922 to July 1923, concerning the yellow fever epidemic in French West Africa.

Dates:  December 11, 1923

Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter,  December 26, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124049
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Read sends Carter a copy of a letter with pathology reports on two men.

Dates:  December 26, 1923

Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter,  January 29, 1924

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 38
Identifier: 01138030
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Read writes about a memorandum on the epidemiology of yellow fever in West Africa.

Dates:  January 29, 1924

Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter,  January 29, 1924

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 38
Identifier: 01138031
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Read sends Pothier's final report on the work of the Yellow Fever Commission that went to Colombia in 1923.

Dates:  January 29, 1924

Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter,  June 28, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01204013
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Read thanks Carter for his comments on Hoffmann's work. Read reports that Hanson is convinced there is no yellow fever in Colombia at the moment.

Dates:  June 28, 1924