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Tropical medicine

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 724 Collections and/or Records:

Military orders regarding yellow fever damages,  July 21, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 61
Identifier: 02061001
Scope and Contents

Special Orders #65 establishes various boards to investigate damages due to the outbreak of yellow fever . [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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

Military orders to commanding officers of the United States Army in Western Cuba,  October 15, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 40
Identifier: 02140001
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Circular Order #8 includes Kean's letter of October 13. Kean states in his communication that the mosquito is responsible for the transmission of malaria and filarial infections, and more than likely yellow fever. He recommends a course of action for all posts in the eradication of mosquitoes. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 15, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Military Record of J.F. Dunshie,  October 23, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 47
Identifier: 02547001
Scope and Contents

Kean explains why Dunshie was discharged from the medical corps.

Dates:  October 23, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Minutes from a conference at the Bureau of Public Health Service, September 27, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764074
Scope and Contents

This conference concerned malaria and ways to combat its spread.

Dates: September 27, 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

Monthly progress report from Lunsford D. Fricks to the Surgeon General,  February 5, 1924

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 39
Identifier: 01139003
Scope and Contents

Fricks details his malaria investigation in the southern United States.

Dates:  February 5, 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

Monthly progress report from Lunsford D. Fricks to the Surgeon General,  March 5, 1924

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 40
Identifier: 01140001
Scope and Contents

Fricks reports on malaria investigations conducted in the southern United States.

Dates:  March 5, 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

Monthly progress report to the Surgeon General,  June 5, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01204001
Scope and Contents

Fricks reports on malaria investigations in the southern United States. He details laboratory work, epidemiological studies, and impounded water investigations.

Dates:  June 5, 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

Mortuary Record for Yellow Fever in Havana 1884-1900,  circa 1900

 Item — Box 23: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 5
Identifier: 02305001
Scope and Contents

The author analyzes the death rates of Cubans from malaria and yellow fever.

Dates:  circa 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Ninth Report on the Yellow Fever on the Coast of the Mexican Gulf, Being From the 22nd to the 26th of October, 1900,  October 22, 1900-October 26, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 02163001
Scope and Contents

Liceaga summarizes the cases of yellow fever that have been observed on the Gulf Coast of Mexico and the measures taken to prevent the spread of the disease.

Dates:  October 22, 1900-October 26, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Notes for a lecture on yellow fever, by [Henry Rose Carter], circa 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 00922001
Scope and Contents

[Carter] deals extensively with the prophylaxis of yellow fever.

Dates: circa 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Notes From Malaria Surveys,  circa 1900-1930

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 26
Identifier: 01326001
Scope and Contents

The author discusses the breeding of Anopheles mosquitoes.

Dates:  circa 1900-1930
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Notes fromReview of Applied Entomology,  circa 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 35
Identifier: 01135001
Scope and Contents

[Carter?] notes deal with mosquitos.

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

Notes listing the volunteers for the yellow fever experiments,  circa 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 70
Identifier: 02570001
Scope and Contents

These three notes list the human-experiment volunteers who were exposed to fomites, infected by injections of blood, and infected by mosquitoes.

Dates:  circa 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Notes on Dinner for John J. Moran,  October 23, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 30
Identifier: 03630001
Scope and Contents

Atcheson Hench describes the setting, guests, conversations, and presentations at a dinner given in honor of Moran at which Kean described the yellow fever experiments and Moran answered questions from the guests.

Dates:  October 23, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Notes on James Carroll,  circa 1940-1950

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 41
Identifier: 02841001
Scope and Contents

Truby discusses Carroll's career.

Dates:  circa 1940-1950
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from James Carroll to Surgeon General with related notes by Albert E. Truby

Notes on mosquito control, by Henry Rose Carter, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 5
Identifier: 00805001
Scope and Contents

Carter details ways to prevent the proliferation of mosquitoes.

Dates: 1916
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / General suggestions for preventing prolific anopheles production by Henry Rose Carter

Notes on the destruction of aquatic plants, September 7, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 15
Identifier: 00915013
Scope and Contents

This document lists abstracts of articles dealing with the destruction of certain aquatic plants.

Dates: September 7, 1921
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

Notes on the publication:On Molecular Changes More Particularly in Relation to Epidemic Diseases,  circa 1900-1925

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 01322001
Scope and Contents

This is a review of Snow's work published by John Churchill in 1853. The author of these notes is unknown.

Dates:  circa 1900-1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Miscellaneous notes, speeches, and minutes relating to yellow fever

Notes on the Yellow Fever Commission,  circa 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 25
Identifier: 03625001
Scope and Contents

Moran sends Hench extensive notes describing locations, personalities, and other details of the yellow fever experiments and commenting on the actions and attitudes of the Cuban government regarding a Lazear memorial location.

Dates:  circa 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Notes on William E. Deeks's manuscript,  circa 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 19
Identifier: 01219002
Scope and Contents

[Carter] critiques Deeks' manuscript on malaria. He discusses the use of quinine and anti-mosquito methods.

Dates:  circa 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Letter from William E. Deeks to Henry Rose Carter and notes by Henry Rose Carter on Deeks's manuscript