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Tropical medicine

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 724 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Chief of the War Department's Map Collection,  May 23, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302111
Scope and Contents

Hench seeks assistance in locating maps of Camp Columbia and summarizes his discovery of the lost Camp Lazear.

Dates:  May 23, 1941
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, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philippe Caldas,  July 31, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 18
Identifier: 02518026
Scope and Contents

Caldas describes the process to obtain serum and vaccine for yellow fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  July 31, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters and military orders relating to Philippi Caldas and his yellow fever serus

Letter from Pride Thomas to Howard A. Kelly,  March 6, 1905

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 53
Identifier: 02753001
Scope and Contents

Thomas writes about a yellow fever epidemic in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1862.

Dates:  March 6, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from R. C. Derivaux to Henry Rose Carter,  July 16, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 34
Identifier: 00934023
Scope and Contents

Derivaux reports on work done in the field of acidosis and diabetes. He has done no more work on malaria since going into private practice.

Dates:  July 16, 1922
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

Letter from R. E. Noble to Henry Rose Carter,  November 6, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 15
Identifier: 01215006
Scope and Contents

Noble sends Carter Moseley's bibliography of articles about tropical medicine.

Dates:  November 6, 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

Letter from R. O. White to F. E. Pettman,  April 8, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01113014
Scope and Contents

White describes the use of yellow fever serum in one of his patients who subsequently died.

Dates:  April 8, 1923
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

Letter from Raul R. de Amaral to the Military Governor of Cuba,  August 8, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 18
Identifier: 02518018
Scope and Contents

Amaral thanks the Military Governor of Cuba for his courtesy towards Caldas and Bellingaghi.

Dates:  August 8, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters and military orders relating to Philippi Caldas and his yellow fever serus

Letter from Raymond O. Dart to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 4, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 23
Identifier: 04223004
Scope and Contents

Dart sends Hench a copy of the exhibit folder and tentative program of the International Congress of Tropical Medicine.

Dates:  May 4, 1948
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Robert Wilson, Jr. to Hagood, Rivers and Young,  September 30, 1916

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03034001
Scope and Contents

Wilson relates findings that timbering in the Little Salkehatchie did not increase prevalence of malaria.

Dates:  September 30, 1916
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Rudolph Matas to Howard A. Kelly,  April 14, 1905

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 5
Identifier: 02805001
Scope and Contents

Matas provides references on yellow fever, and gives information on his own work and experience with the disease.

Dates:  April 14, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Rupert Blue to Henry Rose Carter,  August 4, 1913

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 16
Identifier: 03016001
Scope and Contents

Blue orders Carter to North Carolina to investigate malaria and propose control measures.

Dates:  August 4, 1913
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Rupert Blue to Henry Rose Carter, January 19, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764004
Scope and Contents

Blue assigns LePrince and Carter to investigate malarial conditions in South Carolina.

Dates: January 19, 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

Letter from Rupert Blue to Henry Rose Carter, January 20, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764007
Scope and Contents

Blue requests Carter's opinion in regard to ordinances against mosquito propagation.

Dates: January 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

Letter from Rupert Blue to Henry Rose Carter, January 21, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764008
Scope and Contents

Blue requests feedback on newspaper article describing the use of bats as an anti-mosquito tool.

Dates: January 21, 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

Letter from Rupert Blue to Henry Rose Carter, January 25, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764009
Scope and Contents

Blue informs Carter that the Hydro-Electric Company will reimburse his travel expenses.

Dates: January 25, 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

Letter from Rupert Blue to Henry Rose Carter, January 26, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764010
Scope and Contents

Blue orders Carter to proceed to South Carolina to confer with State Health officials.

Dates: January 26, 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

Letter from Rupert Blue to Henry Rose Carter, January 28, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764012
Scope and Contents

Blue orders Carter to delay his investigation until the waters recede.

Dates: January 28, 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

Letter from Rupert Blue to Henry Rose Carter, February 11, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764015
Scope and Contents

Blue orders Carter to lecture on yellow fever and malaria.

Dates: February 11, 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

Letter from Rupert Blue to Henry Rose Carter, February 20, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764021
Scope and Contents

Blue requests that Carter conduct malaria studies in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Dates: February 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

Letter from Rupert Blue to Henry Rose Carter, February 24, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764022
Scope and Contents

Blue directs Carter to inspect the waters around the Georgia-Carolina Power Plant.

Dates: February 24, 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