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Yellow fever

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2717 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from [Charles] E. Otis to Howard A. Kelly,  July 10, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931030
Scope and Contents

Otis sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  July 10, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to contributions for the support of John R. Kissinger

Letter from Charles H. Coles to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 22, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906075
Scope and Contents

Coles has mailed Hench photographs. He encloses annotated references to publications on yellow fever.

Dates:  January 22, 1942
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

Letter from Charles L. Lhotka to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 4, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803008
Scope and Contents

Lhotka explains the procedure for an inter-library loan. He lists all documents containing information on the work of the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  February 4, 1941
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

Letter from Charles S. White to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 10, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906044
Scope and Contents

White informs Hench that he knew Reed and Carroll well and was the anesthetist for Reed's last operation. He believes Carroll's mosquito bite was accidental, not experimental. White encloses a manuscript characterizing the two men and describing Reed's operation.

Dates:  January 10, 1942
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

Letter from Charles S. White to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 26, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906081
Scope and Contents

White sends Hench more information on Reed and informs him that he has found a yellow fever article, from 1911, to which Reed, Kean, and McCaw contributed.

Dates:  January 26, 1942
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

Letter from Charles W. Comstock to George Schobinger,  September 11, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021008
Scope and Contents

Comstock describes possible yellow fever cases to Schobinger. All involve foreigners in Brazil. Comstock criticizes the local physicians' attitude and treatment of the cases.

Dates:  September 11, 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 Charles W. Comstock to R.B. Howland,  March 30, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021005
Scope and Contents

Comstock describes possible yellow fever cases to Howland. All involve foreigners in Brazil.

Dates:  March 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

Letter from Chat Hill Willson to the Editors ofOutlook,  July 21, 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 93
Identifier: 02893001
Scope and Contents

Wilson sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  July 21, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence related to a letter from Chat Hill Wilson to the editors ofOutlook

Letter from Chauncey B. Baker to Albert E. Truby,  January 17, 1935

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 26
Identifier: 03326001
Scope and Contents

Baker sends Truby a copy of his recollections of yellow fever epidemics in Havana and requests corrections.

Dates:  January 17, 1935
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Chauncey B. Baker to Albert E. Truby,  April 3, 1935

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 03331002
Scope and Contents

Baker writes that he is sending Truby a copy of his yellow fever experiences.

Dates:  April 3, 1935
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence between Chauncey B. Baker and Albert E. Truby

Letter from Cornelia Kean to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 4, 1952

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 4
Identifier: 06504106
Scope and Contents

Mrs. Kean recommends using a public relations man to counteract the Cuban press. She encloses a letter of approval from herself to Hench praising his yellow fever history work.

Dates:  August 4, 1952
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 Cornelia Kean to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 4, 1952

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 4
Identifier: 06504108
Scope and Contents

Cornelia Kean praises Hench's yellow fever history work, especially in specifying the important roles of both Reed and Finlay. She states her hopes that a memorial in Cuba will enshrine them both.

Dates:  August 4, 1952
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 Cornelia Knox Kean to Cesar Rodriguez Exposito,  November 12, 1952

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 4
Identifier: 06504128
Scope and Contents

Kean is unable to accept the invitation to attend the ceremonies honoring the heroes of the conquest of yellow fever.

Dates:  November 12, 1952
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 Cornelia Knox Kean to Mary Standlee,  May 4, 1951

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 4
Identifier: 06504025
Scope and Contents

Kean harshly criticizes Standlee's manuscript and states the reasons for her opinions. She includes a detailed list of corrections for the Standlee manuscript.

Dates:  May 4, 1951
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 Cornelia Knox Kean to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 15, 1952

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 4
Identifier: 06504126
Scope and Contents

Kean encloses three letters for Hench to read.

Dates:  November 15, 1952
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 David L. Edsall to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  December 9, 1924

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269001
Scope and Contents

Edsall requests Kissinger's address. A fund has been established in his name, Harvard University Medical School, which would provide a pension to Ida Kissinger upon John Kissinger's death.

Dates:  December 9, 1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from D.E. Leavitt to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 31, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122029
Scope and Contents

This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

Dates:  May 31, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the students of Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Delia A. Lynch to Dan B. Butler,  April, 13, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06102006
Scope and Contents

Lynch requests that Butler meet with Hench to discuss Pinto's recognition for his service in the yellow fever experiments. Lynch adds a note to Hench stating that Butler wishes to meet with him.

Dates:  April, 13, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Alva Sherman Pinto

Letter from Delia A. Lynch to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 13, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06102007
Scope and Contents

Lynch sends Hench a photograph of Pinto.

Dates:  April 13, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Alva Sherman Pinto

Letter from Domingo F. Ramos to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 22, 1941

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03901003
Scope and Contents

Ramos informs Hench that he will meet with him.

Dates:  March 22, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and reports of Philip Showalter Hench and Domingo F. Ramos relating to the location of Camp Lazear