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Yellow fever

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2717 Collections and/or Records:

Original Contributions to the Science of Medicine by Medical Officers of the Army. Walter Reed and Yellow Fever,  circa 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03101002
Scope and Contents

Siler's manuscript describes 19th century yellow fever epidemics in the United States, theories of yellow fever transmission, and the contribution of Reed in proving mosquito transmission.

Dates:  circa 1926

Outline for Philip Showalter Hench's book on yellow fever and Walter Reed,  circa 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04350001
Scope and Contents

This outline lists chapter titles and provides rough descriptions of their content.

Dates:  circa 1950

Outline forThe Conquest of Yellow Fever, by Philip Showalter Hench,  December 5, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 41
Identifier: 04141001
Scope and Contents

These notes are Hench's outline for his book on the yellow fever story. He never completed the manuscript.

Dates:  December 5, 1947

Part of the Discussion of Dr. Agramonte's Paper: Yellow Fever Prophylaxis,Transactions of the International Conference on Health Problems in Tropical America,  1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01209001
Scope and Contents

This report discusses Agramonte's paper on yellow fever, which involves the difficulty of distinguishing yellow fever from Weil's disease.

Dates:  1924

Partial draft ofDr. Jesse Lazear and his Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Feverwith attached notes,  circa October 26, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 38
Identifier: 03638074
Scope and Contents

This is the text of Hench's speech, which was given at the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

Dates:  circa October 26, 1940

Partial transcription by J.G. Woods of 1914 letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt,  April 6, 1914

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 28
Identifier: 03328002
Scope and Contents

Woods transcribes part of a 1914 letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt concerning the successful use of mosquito netting against yellow fever in 1850.

Dates:  April 6, 1914

Patient's arrival at Las Animas Hospital,  circa 1900

 Item — Box 89: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 82
Identifier: P8982001
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

Patronates of the Committee for the Preservation of Building Number One in front of Building Number 1 with Philip Showalter Hench,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 29
Identifier: P8329001
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:  December 3, 1952

Patronates of the Committee for the Preservation of Building Number One, in front of Building Number One with Philip Showalter Hench at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 28
Identifier: P8328001
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:  December 3, 1952

Patronates of the Committee for the Preservation of Building Number One in front of the memorials with Philip Showalter Hench at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 2, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 32
Identifier: P8332001
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:  December 2, 1952

Patronates of the Committee for the Preservation of Building Number One in front of the memorials with Philip Showalter Hench at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 2, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 33
Identifier: P8333001
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:  December 2, 1952

Patronates of the Committee for the Preservation of Building Number One in front of the memorials with Philp Showalter Hench at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 2, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 31
Identifier: P8331001
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:  December 2, 1952

Pertinent Portraits - George W. Goethals,The Baltimore Sun,  December 18, 1914

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 21
Identifier: N3021002
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:  December 18, 1914

Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1
Abstract The Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection documents the work of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission, the legacy of the commission’s discoveries, the lives of individuals who were connected to the commission, and twentieth century campaigns to shape public memory of the commission. Items in the collection date from 1800 to 1998, with the bulk of the items dating from 1864 to 1974. A wide range of formats are represented in the collection including, but not limited to the...
Dates: circa 1800-circa 1998; Majority of material found within 1863-1974

Philip Showalter Hench and an unidentified man outside Building Number One, Camp Lazear site, Cuba,  circa 1930-1950

 Item — Box 90: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 78
Identifier: P9078001
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 1930-1950

Philip Showalter Hench and Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed at “Keewayden”, the Reed family home in Pennsylvania,  November 1960

 Item — Box 86: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 76
Identifier: P8676001
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:  November 1960

Philip Showalter Hench and Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed at “Keewayden”, the Reed family home in Pennsylvania,  November 1960

 Item — Box 86: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 77
Identifier: P8677001
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:  November 1960

Philip Showalter Hench and Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed at “Keewayden”, the Reed family home in Pennsylvania,  November 1960

 Item — Box 86: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 78
Identifier: P8678001
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:  November 1960

Philip Showalter Hench and John J. Moran inside Building Number One, Camp Lazear, Cuba,  1941

 Item — Box 91: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 18
Identifier: P9118001
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:  1941

Philip Showalter Hench delivering an address at the dedication of the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 24
Identifier: P8524001
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:  December 3, 1952