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Tropical medicine

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 724 Collections and/or Records:

The Largest Military Post in the Island of Cuba,Harper's Weekly,  May 24, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 14
Identifier: N2614001
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:  May 24, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

The Latest About Yellow Fever,The Washington Post,  February 11, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 41
Identifier: N2441001
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:  February 11, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Three Years Study of Sanitary Conditions in Peru, by Henry Hanson,  circa 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 8
Identifier: 01008001
Scope and Contents

Hanson writes about the reason for coming to Peru, the conditions found on his arrival, and the difficulties encountered. He discusses the various diseases identified and the causes of the general sanitary problems. Hanson presents remedies for the present conditions and discusses the possibility of the public and the Peruvian government accepting foreign aide.

Dates:  circa 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Transcript of letter from James Carroll to Jennie Carroll,  September 23, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 23
Identifier: 02123001
Scope and Contents

Carroll informs his wife that he is recovering from yellow fever and now is comforted that he will be immune from the terrors of the disease. He also explains that Lazear is very ill and predicts an even chance for his recovery.

Dates:  September 23, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Transcription of an article fromDiario de la Marina,  November 22, 1900

 Item — Box 23: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 16
Identifier: 02316008
Scope and Contents

La Prensa

Dates:  November 22, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Articles sent to Philip Showalter Hench by Maria Teresa Rojas

Translation [from Spanish] of telegrams between Henry Rose Carter and J. Gil Cardenas,  January 16, 1921-January 17, 1921

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 59
Identifier: 03059003
Scope and Contents

Carter offers to go to Ferrenafe and Cardenas accepts the offer.

Dates:  January 16, 1921-January 17, 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence of Wickliffe Rose, Henry Rose Carter, and Henry Hanson

Translation of an article fromThe Lucha,  November 1, 1900

 Item — Box 23: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 16
Identifier: 02316001
Scope and Contents

This article describes new cases of yellow fever and recent deaths from yellow fever.

Dates:  November 1, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Articles sent to Philip Showalter Hench by Maria Teresa Rojas

Translation of an article fromThe Lucha,  November 5, 1900

 Item — Box 23: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 16
Identifier: 02316002
Scope and Contents

This article describes new cases of yellow fever and recent deaths from yellow fever.

Dates:  November 5, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Articles sent to Philip Showalter Hench by Maria Teresa Rojas

Translation of an article fromThe Lucha,  November 2, 1900

 Item — Box 23: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 16
Identifier: 02316003
Scope and Contents

This article mentions the interest in yellow fever by the press.

Dates:  November 2, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Articles sent to Philip Showalter Hench by Maria Teresa Rojas

Translation of an article fromThe Lucha,  November 19, 1900

 Item — Box 23: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 16
Identifier: 02316004
Scope and Contents

The article describes the connection between the mosquito and yellow fever.

Dates:  November 19, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Articles sent to Philip Showalter Hench by Maria Teresa Rojas

Translation of an article fromThe Lucha,  November 21, 1900

 Item — Box 23: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 16
Identifier: 02316007
Scope and Contents

This article lists the cases and deaths from yellow fever in October and November.

Dates:  November 21, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Articles sent to Philip Showalter Hench by Maria Teresa Rojas

Untitled article on disease in the tropicsArmy and Navy Journal,  October 1, 1910

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 78
Identifier: 02978001
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:  October 1, 1910
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Victory Over Disease Justifies Spanish War Cost of $1,148,000,000,The World,  February 26, 1911

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 80
Identifier: N2980001
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:  February 26, 1911
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Walter Reed - A Memoir, by Wesley C. Cox,  December 20, 1935

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 41
Identifier: 03341002
Scope and Contents

Cox's lecture includes a biography of Walter Reed and a detailed description of the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  December 20, 1935
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Memorandum from Frank T. Hines to Colonel Ijams with an enclosed lecture on Walter Reed

Walter Reed & Yellow Fever. Chronology of the Yellow Fever Work in Cuba,  circa 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 61
Identifier: 02561001
Scope and Contents

This is an outline, organized chronologically, of Kean's experience with the Yellow Fever Commission.

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

Walter Reed Medal of the American Society of Tropical Medicine (front) awarded to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  1935

 Item — Box 87: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 60
Identifier: P8760001
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:  1935
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of memorial sites, busts, and illustrations of Walter Reed, Carlos Finlay, Jesse W. Lazear; stills from the movies,Yellow JackandJezebel

Walter Reed Medal of the American Society of Tropical Medicine (reverse) awarded to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  1935

 Item — Box 87: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 61
Identifier: P8761001
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:  1935
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of memorial sites, busts, and illustrations of Walter Reed, Carlos Finlay, Jesse W. Lazear; stills from the movies,Yellow JackandJezebel

Walter Reed's Human Guinea Pigs (By One of Them),  circa 1930-1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03712001
Scope and Contents

This is a series of partial manuscripts detailing the yellow fever experiments. Topics include the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor, Moran's role in the experiments, the controversy concerning Reed's and Finlay's contributions to the conquest of yellow fever, and Moran's experiences at the University of Virginia.

Dates:  circa 1930-1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Walter Reed's Human Guinea Pigs (By One of Them)with note

Why Walter Reed General Hospital Was Named and Located as It Is: An Address to Student Nurses, by P.M. Ashburn,  February 4, 1929

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 72
Identifier: 03172001
Scope and Contents

Ashburn's speech to an audience of student nurses is an overview of Reed's life and work. The piece includes an excerpt from the Surgeon General's report, 1900.

Dates:  February 4, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Yellow Fever Control, by Fred Soper,  March 30, 1955

 Item — Box 48: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04806001
Scope and Contents

This report details yellow fever outbreaks throughout the world up until 1954. A distinction is made between “Human Yellow Fever” and “Jungle Yellow Fever.”

Dates:  March 30, 1955
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench