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Found in 724 Collections and/or Records:

Efficiency report for Walter Reed,  August 4, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 48
Identifier: 01948024
Scope and Contents

Reed's efficiency report is for the year 1899. Included is a report that gives an account of Reed's services from November 1, 1898 to May 10, 1899. He is noted to be an expert pathologist and bacteriologist. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 4, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to Walter Reed

Efficiency report for Walter Reed,  December 19, 1891

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 3
Identifier: 01803007
Scope and Contents

In these efficiency reports Reed summarizes his studies at Johns Hopkins University, and Sutherland declares Reed's record excellent and states that he is fit for duty. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  December 19, 1891
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to Walter Reed

El Doctor Lazear,  September 30, 1900

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 10
Identifier: N6310076
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...
Dates:  September 30, 1900
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 with related newspaper clippings

El Estado Sanitario de Cuba,  April 15, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 37
Identifier: N2937001
Scope and Contents

Spanish translation of article, by Dr. Darlington, originally appearing in the “New York Daily News.”

Dates:  April 15, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

English translation [from French] of a report extract:Report on the Yellow Fever Epidemic in Grand Bassam, by Dr. Bauvellet,  October 25, 1922

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124025
Scope and Contents

Bauvallet reports on the use of Noguchi serum and vaccine to treat yellow fever cases in Bassam, Ivory Coast.

Dates:  October 25, 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

English translation [from French] of letter from [s.n.] Seguin to the Medical Inspector,  February 1, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124015
Scope and Contents

Seguin reports on the use of Noguchi serum and vaccine in French West Africa, and discusses its prophylactic value.

Dates:  February 1, 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

English translation [from Spanish] of letter from Henry Rose Carter to J. Gil Cardenas, July 23, 1920

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 23
Identifier: 00823017
Scope and Contents

Carter informs Cardenas about the sanitary conditions in the department of Piura, Peru.

Dates: July 23, 1920
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

English translation [from Spanish] of part of article:Spanish Immigrants Inoculated with Yellow Fever by Means of Mosquitos,La Discusion,  November 21, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 10
Identifier: 02210004
Scope and Contents

This is a translation of an article, originally appearing in “La Discusion” (November 21, 1900 - page 2a), in which the rumor of human experimentation is discussed and criticized.

Dates:  November 21, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Articles on yellow fever

Excerpt fromDr. Walter Reed,  1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 55
Identifier: 02655001
Scope and Contents

This excerpt discusses Reed's medical work and gives a listing of each publication authored by Reed.

Dates:  1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Excerpts fromGeorge Miller Sternberg: A Biography, by Martha L. Sternberg,  1920

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 56
Identifier: 03056001
Scope and Contents

This document includes excerpts from Sternberg's biography of her husband's involvement with tropical diseases, including yellow fever.

Dates:  1920
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Extracts from an article by Albert E. Truby,  circa 1930-1945

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: 03713001
Scope and Contents

Truby describes his experiences and observations in Cuba from 1898-1902, focusing on Lazear's story.

Dates:  circa 1930-1945
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Extracts fromAn Account of Dr. Louis-Daniel Beauperthuy: A Pioneer in Yellow Fever Research,Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, by Aristides Agramonte andMosquito or Man?, by Sir Robert Boyce,  June 11, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 40
Identifier: 02940001
Scope and Contents

The extracts from Agramonte's article detail Beauperthuy's work with mosquitos as disease vectors. The extracts from Boyce's report [in French] also deal with mosquitos and their connections to yellow fever.

Dates:  June 11, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Finlay Acusado Injustamente De Usurpador De Beauperthuy Por Un Profesor Venezolano, by Cesar Rodriguez Exposito,  1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04731006
Scope and Contents

Rodriquez Exposito fights for the truth in the Finlay - Beauperthuy controversy.

Dates:  1954
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Finlay Acusado Injustamente de Usurpador de Beauperthuy por un Profesor Venezolano, by Cesar Rodriguez Exposito with English translation

Gust E. Lambert - Yellow Fever Nurse, by Paul L. Tate,  circa 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 32
Identifier: 04732006
Scope and Contents

[Tate] gives a brief account of Lambert's achievements as a sailor and nurse.

Dates:  circa 1954
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Essays and letters by Paul L. Tate relating to the yellow fever experiments

Heroism in Medical Investigation,Chicago Record, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 51
Identifier: N1951001
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: 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

History of Case and Notes of Post-Mortem Conducted on the Body of Garuba - Camp-Master, by D. Fitzgerald Moore,  circa December 1923

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 32
Identifier: 01332001
Scope and Contents

Moore submits a case history and post-mortem report on a Nigerian who died of a fever.

Dates:  circa December 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Horse-drawn ambulance, Las Animas Hospital,  circa 1900

 Item — Box 89: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 6
Identifier: P8906001
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:  circa 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs relating to Las Animas hospital; Ciudad Militar (Camp Columbia); and Havana, Cuba

I Became a Guinea Pigan episode fromBig Moments in a Little Life,  circa 1940-1955

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 10
Identifier: 06510001
Scope and Contents

Andrus describes the work of the Yellow Fever Board and his role as a volunteer. He provides exacting lists of his fellow volunteers and their cases of yellow fever.

Dates:  circa 1940-1955
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

In a Yellow-Fever Camp: How the Pestilence Made Its Presence Known in Siboney---The American Hospital Tents in the Mountains--A Brave Physician and His Scanty Equipment,The Argonaut,  August 14, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 27
Identifier: N1927001
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 14, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Inoculacion por los Mosquitos - Entrevista con el Consul Espanol,La Discusion,  November 22, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 10
Identifier: 02210002
Scope and Contents

In this article, taken from La Discusion (November 22, 1900 - page 1), the Spanish ambassador is interviewed regarding the rumor of human experimentation by the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  November 22, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Articles on yellow fever