Tropical medicine

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench primarily consists of materials relating to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1879 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1900 to 1954. These items include, but are not limited to the following: correspondence of...

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:...

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Robertson reviews recent reports on plague prevention in northern China.

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Froes's article concerns the etiology of yellow fever.

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Wanstrom's article concerns the inoculation of guinea pigs with Leptospira icteroides.

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Noguchi's article concerns the Pfeiffer reaction as evidence of a yellow fever infection.

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The authors primarily discuss the treatment of malaria with quinine.

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The writer corrects the date of the commencement of mosquito eradication in Havana.

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Blake discusses ancient theories involving yellow fever and mosquitoes.

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This translation [from Sanskrit] of Blake's report details ancient references to yellow fever and transmission by mosquitos.

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Tate gives detailed answers to the questions asked by Hench, including information about the main characters involved in the yellow fever experiments, details on the army nurses, and rumors around the camp.

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Moseley's bibliography, sent to Carter by Noble, lists 18th and early 19th century articles about tropical medicine.

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This bibliography lists the articles on yellow fever and malaria written by Carter.

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A biographical sketch, with corrections [by Laura Armistead Carter?], describes H.R. Carter's family, education, career, and character.

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Kosslow writes a succinct but vivid account of Walter Reed's life, dealing with his work on typhoid and yellow fever.

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This review, which appeared in "The Journal of Insanity," praises Kelly's biography of Walter Reed.

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This is a cablegram with a translated cipher. It concerns funding for health inspectors in the Panama Canal Zone.

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Thompson expresses sympathy for the death of Henry Carter.

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Saleeby describes in detail a fever epidemic at Columbia Barracks, Cuba. He asks for the Surgeon General's opinion on the diagnosis. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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:...