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Yellow fever

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2717 Collections and/or Records:

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to Currier McEwen,  circa September 12, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 73
Identifier: 04373007
Scope and Contents

Hench sends a message honoring the memory of Reed on the 100th anniversary of his birth, to be read at the New York University College of Medicine celebration.

Dates:  circa September 12, 1951
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to Lawrence Reed,  September 12, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 69
Identifier: 04369001
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Hench honors Walter Reed's memory on the occasion of the centennial of his birth, writing that Lawrence Reed's father left his family a priceless heritage.

Dates:  September 12, 1951
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Telegram from the Welch Medical Library to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 3, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03634005
Scope and Contents

The Welch Medical Library has found Peabody's material on yellow fever and will send it to Hench.

Dates:  October 3, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence received by Philip Showalter Hench

Telegram from Wickliffe Rose to Henry Rose Carter,  February 16, 1921

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 59
Identifier: 03059004
Scope and Contents

Rose requests information on the yellow fever situation. He offers his assistance.

Dates:  February 16, 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

Telegram from William Crawford Gorgas to Robert M. O'Reilly,  May 11, 1905

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 9
Identifier: 02809001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas lists yellow fever patients to date in the Panama Canal Zone.

Dates:  May 11, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Temperature and Pulse Chart for Paulino Alonso,  August 14, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 20
Identifier: 02520012
Scope and Contents

Chart plots temperature and pulse of a yellow fever volunteer after the use of the Caldas' vaccine. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 14, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Proceedings of a Medical Commission Appointed By Circular Letter No. 59with enclosed chart

Testimonial:The Self-Sacrifice of Dr. Lazear, January 1902

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 7
Identifier: 00407001
Scope and Contents

This testimonial supports a petition to Congress for a pension for Mabel Lazear.

Dates: January 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Testimonial:The Self-Sacrifice of Dr. Lazear, January 1902

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 8
Identifier: uva-lib:2222265
Scope and Contents

This testimonial supports a petition to Congress for a pension for Mabel Lazear.

Dates: January 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Text of speech by A.F.A King in honor of James Carroll,  October 14, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 11
Identifier: 02911001
Scope and Contents

King honors Carroll and others. He lays emphasis on his contribution to national health. He supports a pension.

Dates:  October 14, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Text of speech Jefferson Randolph Kean gave upon the receipt of the Gorgas Medal,  December 15, 1942

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 9
Identifier: 06309001
Scope and Contents

Kean discusses the “warfare” against the mosquito.

Dates:  December 15, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Text of speech Jefferson Randolph Kean gave upon receiving the Gorgas Medal with related newspaper clippings

Text of speech on yellow fever,  circa 1900-1925

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 01322009
Scope and Contents

Carter discusses the sanitary issues surrounding yellow fever.

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

[Text of speech?] to the members of the Yellow Fever Committees,  circa 1933

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 03304005
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Peabody discusses yellow fever work dating back to 1897, with particular emphasis on the work done in Cuba, in 1900 and 1901, by Reed and the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  circa 1933
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence, reports, and speeches of James E. Peabody

That "Seeketh Not Its Own" The Richmond News Leader,  September 15, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 29
Identifier: N1229012
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...
Dates:  September 15, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Obituaries of Henry Rose Carter

The American Mosquito Extermination Society on Mosquito Work Going on at Panama,  circa 1909

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 50
Identifier: 02750002
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This article discusses mosquito control efforts in Panama around the Canal Zone.

Dates:  circa 1909
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Robert M. O'Reilly with enclosed draft

The building in Indianapolis where Walter Reed read his preliminary report on the etiology of yellow fever in October 1900,  1905

 Item — Box 78: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 5
Identifier: P7805001
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:  1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of Jesse W. Lazear and his family; John R. Kissinger; Levi E. Folk; William C. Gorgas; Warren G. Jernegan; Jefferson Randolph Kean; Howard A. Kelly; and building related to Walter Reed

The building in Indianapolis where Walter Reed read his preliminary report on the etiology of yellow fever in October 1900,  1907

 Item — Box 78: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 6
Identifier: P7806001
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:  1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of Jesse W. Lazear and his family; John R. Kissinger; Levi E. Folk; William C. Gorgas; Warren G. Jernegan; Jefferson Randolph Kean; Howard A. Kelly; and building related to Walter Reed

The Chance of the Extension of Yellow Fever to Asia and Australia, by Henry Rose Carter,  circa 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01104003
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Carter describes locations where yellow fever is present and discusses the chance of the disease spreading to non-infected areas of the world, mainly by ship.

Dates:  circa 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Letter from Henry Rose Carter to J.H.L. Cumpston with article

The Clinic Bulletin,  November 30, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 03710005
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The Mayo Clinic newspaper includes an announcement of an upcoming illustrated speech by Hench concerning his yellow fever research.

Dates:  November 30, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

The Conduct of the Yellow Fever Campaign in Vera Cruz and the Second Yellow Fever Zone,  July 30, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01009001
Scope and Contents

Caldwell discusses his work in Vera Cruz and neighboring areas.

Dates:  July 30, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

The Conduct of the Yellow Fever Campaign in Vera Cruz and the Second Yellow Fever Zone, 1921-1922, by Bert W. Caldwell,  July 30, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021016
Scope and Contents

Caldwell reports on the Mexican yellow fever and antimalarial campaign, describing the cooperative efforts of the Mexicans and the Rockefeller Commission workers.

Dates:  July 30, 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