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Found in 724 Collections and/or Records:

Letter fragment from Henry Hanson to Henry Rose Carter,  May 21, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00931013
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Hanson reports on the conclusion of the yellow fever campaign in Peru. He encourages Carter to file all his expense receipts since the exchange rate has improved.

Dates:  May 21, 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 fragment from [Henry Rose Carter] to Kenneth F. Maxcy,  January 28, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 01018023
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[Carter] discusses malaria infections missed by careful blood examination.

Dates:  January 28, 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 fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Mabel H. Lazear, July 15, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 34
Identifier: 00334001
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Lazear reports that Reed has them working on Sanarelli's bacillus, but he wants to discover the real organism. He offers his opinion of Carroll.

Dates: July 15, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from [Jesse W. Lazear] to Mabel H. Lazear, August 23, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 41
Identifier: 00341001
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[Lazear] disagrees with Reed and Carroll's concentration on Sanarelli's work. He believes that the true cause of yellow fever lies elsewhere.

Dates: August 23, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Mabel H. Lazear, September 8, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00344001
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Lazear believes he is on the track of the yellow fever germ but this news must be kept secret for now.

Dates: September 8, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from Joseph A. LePrince to [Henry Rose Carter],  circa 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 36
Identifier: 01136001
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LePrince discusses field work in Texas to control the outbreak of yellow fever.

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

Letter fragment from [Paul L. Tate] to William M. Brumby,  circa 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 32
Identifier: 04732005
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[Tate] thinks it is a shame that worthy men such as Finlay, Ames, and Lambert were not included in the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor.

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

Letter fragment from Samuel Taylor Darling, circa 1919

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 00818006
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Darling writes that he has not found abnormalities in blood of yellow fever cases. He had hoped to join the yellow fever work, but has been advised to stay with Department of Hygiene, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Dates: circa 1919
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 fragment from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  circa December 25, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 57
Identifier: 02257001
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Reed provides a description of the experiment buildings at Camp Lazear and the method of mosquito inoculation.

Dates:  circa December 25, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  December 28, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 58
Identifier: 02258001
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Reed describes the round of holiday parties, including one at the governor's palace, in Havana. He injects blood from the last yellow fever patient into a volunteer.

Dates:  December 28, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment to from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  December 9, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02231001
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Reed announces the first proven case of yellow fever from a mosquito bite. The diagnosis of the case will be tested by experts.

Dates:  December 9, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment to Henry Rose Carter, May 26, 1917

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11
Identifier: 00811033
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Carter is ordered to attend the Society of Tropical Medicine conference and the National Malaria Committee meeting.

Dates: May 26, 1917
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 A. Connal to Frederick F. Russell,  September 27, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021067
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Connal sends pathological specimens from another possible African yellow fever case. He thanks Russell for consulting with Noguchi and Darling concerning the previous case.

Dates:  September 27, 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 A. Connal to Wickliffe Rose,  January 17, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 01018014
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Connal will send information on yellow fever cases to Noguchi.

Dates:  January 17, 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 A. Connal to Wickliffe Rose,  June 7, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021063
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Connal discusses the pathological reports of a possible yellow fever case in Lagos.

Dates:  June 7, 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 A.B. Cascorrcelos to Michael E. Connor,  February 13, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 26
Identifier: 00926012
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Cascorrcelos writes to Connor concerning possible pre-Columbian manifestations of yellow fever.

Dates:  February 13, 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 A.H. Glennan to Joseph A. LePrince, April 29, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764046
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LePrince is ordered to meet with Carter regarding studies of impounded waters.

Dates: April 29, 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 A.J. Warren to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 24, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433037
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Warren, of the Rockefeller Foundation, replies to Hench's inquiry about Reed's formula for the development of yellow fever. He states that Reed's fundamental conclusions are still accepted, but he does think it possible that some of Finlay's yellow fever cases may have been produced as a result of his experiments.

Dates:  November 24, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench relating the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site of Camp Lazear

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Paul L. Tate,  January 15, 1950

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06501089
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Truby provides Tate with information about Captain Alexander N. Stark.

Dates:  January 15, 1950
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 Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 14, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302092
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Truby finds Agramonte's statements greatly exaggerated. He also faults the sketch proposed for the yellow fever painting.

Dates:  April 14, 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