Tropical medicine

Kean does not think Carter or Ames should be in the yellow fever painting. He suggests individuals on the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor.

Kean states Carter was not in Cuba during the yellow fever experiments. He believes Truby's second manuscript is vastly improved.

Kean details his involvement in the National Memorial to Thomas Jefferson. Kean also discusses the publication of Truby's manuscript, his meeting with Carlos E. Finlay, and his understanding that Reed visited Carlos J. Finlay before any efforts were made to infect mosquitoes.

Kean shares family news. He is glad to receive copies of Walter Reed's diplomas and describes Truby's visit. He is relieved to hear that Building No. 1, at Camp Lazear, will be preserved.

Kean comments on a book by Powell that cites Reed's work and that of other physicians.

Kean rejects Nelson's article on the grounds of inaccuracies. Kean informs him of the Walter Reed Memorial Association's work and Peabody's efforts to lobby Congress for pension increases for the survivors.

Kean provides reasons for infection of yellow fever at Columbia Barracks and possible ways to prevent spread of disease. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Kean encourages Reed to lobby for the office of Surgeon General.

Thorpe seeks a recommendation for the best top-minnow species to use in the Yadkin River (Badin, North Carolina) for mosquito control.

Lazear writes that he will assist Reed in an investigation of a disinfectant. He offers his opinion on the political situation in Cuba.

Lazear writes about Mabel Lazear's trip home. He has finished a paper on malaria but will still do more research. He is currently doing bacteriological work.

Lazear writes about his living arrangements and his laboratory. He discusses the political situation in Cuba.

Lazear writes about family plans for the summer. He is pleased to be named a member of a board to study infectious diseases, headed by Walter Reed.

Lazear writes about family plans. He explains the work of the investigative board and is glad that Reed will be its leader.

Lazear reports that the yellow fever epidemic seems to be over, and that the board is hard at work studying Cuban infectious diseases.

Lazear reports that his wife has been hospitalized.

Lazear writes about his travels to other posts to gather statistics.

Lazear writes about family plans. He is now working on malaria, and says yellow fever is decreasing in Havana.

Siler agrees with Truby that many changes occurred to the interior of the building where Reed died. Siler will go to Fort McNair in an attempt to secure earlier plans of the hospital.

Siler discusses the location of the room where Walter Reed died. Siler knows that Hench wants to check on information contained in Hagedorn's biography of Wood and promises to arrange a meeting with McCoy.