Tropical medicine
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 724 Collections and/or Records:
Certification of hospital admission for John J. Moran, May 30, 1901
Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 75
Identifier: 02475001
Scope and Contents
Ames certifies that Moran was diagnosed with yellow fever and was admitted to the Post Hospital on December 25, 1900 and was discharged on January 7, 1901. Members of the Yellow Fever Board also signed the certificate.
Dates:
May 30, 1901
Colonel Goethals Was Not Hampered by the Canal Commission
,The Baltimore Sun, December 21, 1914
Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 21
Identifier: N3021001
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:...
Dates:
December 21, 1914
Contract for yellow fever experiment, August 16, 1901
Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 18
Identifier: 02518031
Scope and Contents
This contract is a copy of the original contract made with non-immunes for Caldas' yellow-fever experiment. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]
Dates:
August 16, 1901
Death of Mr. J.W. Lazear
, circa 1900
Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 67
Identifier: N0367002
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates:
circa 1900
Decree Nationalizing Sanitation in Cuba
,The Havana Daily Telegraph, August 27, 1907
Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 95
Identifier: N2895011
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:...
Dates:
August 27, 1907
Display honoring Walter Reed and Ronald Ross at the Fourth International Congress on Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Washington, D.C., May 1948
Item — Box 88: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 23
Identifier: P8823001
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following:
physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:
May 1948
Found in:
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
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Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
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Series IX. Photographs
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Photographs relating to Carlos J. Finlay; various scenes in Cuba; Philip Showalter Hench's family; and ceremonies honoring Philip Showalter Hench and members of the yellow fever experiments
Dr. Carter, Yellow Fever Expert Dies
,Evening public Ledger(Philadelphia), September 15, 1925
Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 29
Identifier: N1229001
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...
Dates:
September 15, 1925
Dr. Henry R. Carter, Sanitarian, Dies
,The Baltimore Sun, September 15, 1925
Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 29
Identifier: N1229006
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...
Dates:
September 15, 1925
Dr. H.R. Carter Dead; Fought Yellow Fever
,The New York Times, September 15, 1925
Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 29
Identifier: N1229005
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...
Dates:
September 15, 1925
Dr. Jesse W. Lazear
, circa 1900
Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 72
Identifier: N0372001
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates:
circa 1900
Dr. J.W. Lazear is Dead
,The Baltimore Sun, September 27, 1900
Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 71
Identifier: N0371003
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates:
September 27, 1900
Draft of speech and background notes for the dedication of the Camp Lazear Memorial, December 3, 1952
Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 35
Identifier: 04435023
Scope and Contents
In this draft, Hench discusses the Cuban-American cooperation underlying the conquest of yellow fever. He mentions the Havana Yellow Fever Commission of 1879 and the choice of the Finca San Jose as an experimental site because of its yellow fever immunity. He describes Finlay's mosquito hypothesis and experiments, and the initial lack of support for his theory. Finally, Hench outlines the work of Lazear and the Reed Commission, quotes Reed and Finlay, and concludes with praise for both the...
Dates:
December 3, 1952
Found in:
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
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Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
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Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench
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Drafts ofThe Historic Role of the Finca San Jose and 'Camp Lazear' in the Conquest of Yellow Fever by Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed and Their Associates, by Philip Showalter Hench
Draft ofBrief History of Yellow Fever up to 1905
fromCentenary of the Graduation of Dr. Carlos J. Finlay in Jefferson Medical College, September 22, 1955-September 23, 1955
Item — Box 48: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04814001
Scope and Contents
Nogueira outlines the history of yellow fever and the many resultant casualties. He then describes the work of Finlay and the Yellow Fever Commission. He is critical of Sternberg's initial dismissal of the mosquito as the source of yellow fever.
Dates:
September 22, 1955-September 23, 1955
Draft of:Diseases Which Have, or Might Have, Been Confused With Yellow Fever in the Past
from the BookYellow Fever. An Epidemological and Historical Study of its Place of Origin., by Henry Rose Carter, circa 1931
Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 14
Identifier: 01314001
Scope and Contents
Carter describes early epidemics of various diseases, some of them mistaken for yellow fever. He differentiates between yellow fever and malaria, describes different mortality rates, and lists characteristics of yellow fever.
Dates:
circa 1931
Draft ofWalter Reed and the Conquest of Yellow Fever, November 17, 1947
Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 37
Identifier: 04137050
Scope and Contents
In this speech, given at the University of Virginia, Hench discusses Reed's yellow fever experiments and his own re-discovery of the actual site of Camp Lazear. The manuscript contains handwritten revisions by Moran and typed additions by Hench.
Dates:
November 17, 1947
Draft ofWalter Reed and the Conquest of Yellow Fever, November 17, 1947
Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 37
Identifier: 04137064
Scope and Contents
In this speech, given at the University of Virginia, Hench discusses Reed's yellow fever experiments and his own re-discovery of the actual site of Camp Lazear. The manuscript contains handwritten revisions by Moran and typed additions by Hench.
Dates:
November 17, 1947
Draft ofWalter Reed and the Conquest of Yellow Fever, November 17, 1947
Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 37
Identifier: 04137092
Scope and Contents
In this speech, given at the University of Virginia, Hench discusses Reed's yellow fever experiments and his own re-discovery of the actual site of Camp Lazear. The manuscript contains handwritten revisions by Moran and typed additions by Hench.
Dates:
November 17, 1947
Draft ofWalter Reed and the Conquest of Yellow Fever, November 17, 1947
Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 37
Identifier: 04137096
Scope and Contents
In this speech, given at the University of Virginia, Hench discusses Reed's yellow fever experiments and his own re-discovery of the actual site of Camp Lazear. The manuscript contains handwritten revisions by Moran and typed additions by Hench.
Dates:
November 17, 1947
Editorial fromThe Military Surgeon, circa 1909
Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 66
Identifier: 02966002
Scope and Contents
The editor praises the work of Reed, Lazear, Carroll and Agramonte as having laid the foundation for all future efforts against yellow fever and malaria. Carroll is singled out for commendation and called a martyr.
Dates:
circa 1909
Editorial: William Crawford Gorgas
, March 1925
Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 64
Identifier: 03064001
Scope and Contents
This editorial concerns Marie Gorgas' biography of her husband. The editor comments on the claims made concerning Gorgas' yellow fever work.
Dates:
March 1925