Yellow fever
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2717 Collections and/or Records:
The Conquest of Yellow Fever -- An Illustrated Talk, by Philip Showalter Hench, January 31, 1955
Item — Box 48: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 2
Identifier: 04802001
Scope and Contents
Hench gives a history of yellow fever and the investigation done by Finlay.
Dates:
January 31, 1955
The Cuban Side of It
,The New York Sun, circa August 24th, 1907
Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 95
Identifier: N2895010
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:
circa August 24th, 1907
The Death Roll
,News, September 27, 1900
Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 71
Identifier: N0371004
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates:
September 27, 1900
The Dedication of the 'Camp Lazear National Monument', Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, January 3, 1953
Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04601001
Scope and Contents
Hench provides a detailed account of the restoration and the dedication of Camp Lazear, as well as the social events following the ceremony. In two addendums he describes the Reed-Finlay controversy, Cuban newspaper articles on the dedication, and the political maneuvering involved in establishing the memorial.
Dates:
January 3, 1953
The Experiment with Yellow Fever
, by Lena A. Warner, June 1902
Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: 04604003
Scope and Contents
Warner's article describes her role in the yellow fever experiments and how to best care for yellow fever patients. An autograph note follows the text and calls the piece a "pure fabrication as to her part."
Dates:
June 1902
The former site of Camp Lazear, 1952
Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: P4513032
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...
Dates:
1952
The former site of Camp Lazear, 1952
Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: P4513033
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...
Dates:
1952
The former site of Camp Lazear, 1952
Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: P4513034
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...
Dates:
1952
The Historic Role of the Finca San Jose and Camp Lazear (Quemados de Marianao) in the Conquest of Yellow Fever by Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed, and Their Associates, by Philip Showalter Hench, December 3, 1952
Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 35
Identifier: 04435013
Scope and Contents
In this speech, delivered at the dedication of Camp Lazear, Hench stresses the Cuban-American cooperation underlying the conquest of yellow fever. He discusses the Havana Yellow Fever Commission of 1879 and the choice of the Finca San Jose as an experimental site because of its yellow fever immunity. He describes Finlay's mosquito hypothesis and experiments, and the lack of support for his theory. Hench then outlines the work of Lazear and the Reed Commission, quotes Reed and Finlay, and...
Dates:
December 3, 1952
Found in:
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
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Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
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Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench
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Drafts ofThe Historic Role of the Finca San Jose and 'Camp Lazear' in the Conquest of Yellow Fever by Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed and Their Associates, by Philip Showalter Hench
The hospital corps detachment, Camp Columbia, Havana, Cuba with identification list, September 1900
Item — Box 76: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 93
Identifier: P7693001
Scope and Contents
Names of individuals in the photograph: 1. 1st Lieut. Albert E. Truby; 2. Alva S. Pinto, Contract Surgeon; 3. Raul Amador, Contract Surgeon; 4. Robert P. Cooke, Contract Surgeon; 5. A.H.S. Campbell; 6. A.H.S. Pahnke; 7. A.H.S. George Burton; 8. A.H.S. Cook; 9. A.H.S. Arnold; 10. Pvt. John R. Kissinger; 11. Pvt. Braemer; 12. Pvt. Thomas Kane; 13. Pvt. De Lamar; 14. Pvt. Warren G. Jernegan; 15. Pvt. John Morris; 16. Pvt. Lawrence; 17. Pvt. William Olsen; 18. Pvt. Samillion; 19. Pvt. Carr; 20....
Dates:
September 1900
The Late Major Walter Reed
,The New York Times, December 4, 1902
Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 53
Identifier: N2653003
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 4, 1902
The Martyrs of Science
,The New York Times, August 27, 1901
Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 30
Identifier: N2530001
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:
August 27, 1901
The Mosquito as a Carrier of Yellow Fever Infection
,St. Louis Medical Review, November 3, 1900
Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 74
Identifier: 00374001
Scope and Contents
This article, which appeared in theSt. Louis Medical Review, discusses the transmission of yellow fever via mosquitoes.
Dates:
November 3, 1900
The New Quarantine
,The Havana Post, September 17, 1908
Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 49
Identifier: N2949001
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:
September 17, 1908
The Relief of Dr. Carroll's Widow
,Journal of the American Medical Association, April 3, 1909
Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 66
Identifier: 02966001
Scope and Contents
This article makes an appeal for monetary contributions to James Carroll's surviving family.
Dates:
April 3, 1909
The Republic Remembers
,Medical Progress, by James E. Peabody, March 1928
Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 49
Identifier: 03149001
Scope and Contents
Peabody gives a brief history of the Yellow Fever Commission and discusses the pensions to be granted to the yellow fever volunteers after the passing of the Copeland-Wainwright Bill.
Dates:
March 1928
The room in Indianapolis where Walter Reed read his preliminary report on the etiology of yellow fever in October 1900, circa 1900-1960
Item — Box 78: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 7
Identifier: P7807001
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 1900-1960
Found in:
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
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Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
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Series IX. Photographs
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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 Scientific Experiments in Cuba in 1900-1901 by the Walter Reed Board with Special Emphasis on the Cost of the Experiments to the United States Government, July 1, 1953
Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6
Identifier: 06506001
Scope and Contents
Truby, by examining the stubs of the checkbook used to disburse funds at Camp Lazear, analyzes the cost of the yellow fever experiments. He produces a figure of $6,500.
Dates:
July 1, 1953
The Story of John Moran ..., circa 1937
Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03422002
Scope and Contents
Moran's autobiography gives a detailed account of the yellow fever experiments in which he took part.
Dates:
circa 1937
The Summons of Death
,The Washington Observer, September 29, 1900
Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 66
Identifier: N0366001
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates:
September 29, 1900