Yellow fever

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Ramos assures Hench that the Cuban government and health workers appreciate the effort Hench has made to locate the Camp Lazear site, and acknowledges the tribute owed to Lazear.

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Ramos assures Hench that the Cuban government and health workers appreciate the effort Hench has made to locate the Camp Lazear site, and acknowledges the tribute owed to Lazear.

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Jaime approves of Cornwell's painting, "Conquerors of Yellow Fever."

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Armstrong thanks Hench for sending him a copy of his address on Lazear, given at the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College. He congratulates him on finding the true site of Camp Lazear and his efforts to erect a memorial on the site.

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Armstrong sends copies of the Walter Reed filmstrip and pamphlets of "Health Through the Ages" and "Walter Reed" to Hench.

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...

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

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Allmand informs Carter about yellow fever publications.

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Blondel, on behalf of the New York Association of Biology Teachers, congratulates Moran for his yellow fever work.

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

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

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Dodge, George Carroll's cousin, will ask Carroll to see Hench. He discusses George Carroll's personality.

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Scannell reminisces about times he and Carter spent in Panama. He reports on yellow fever field work in Mexico and claims to have created a “no man's land” between Mexico and Guatemala.

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Sweet discusses the introduction of mosquitoes to Hawaii in 1829 and the prevalence of fever there.

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Hamlin refers to the Outlook article on the Kissingers.

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Force introduces letters from her students responding to a lesson about Walter Reed and the Yellow Fever Commission.

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

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Angles explains why Cubans are fearful that Finlay will be robbed of his glory.

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Angles is satisfied with the handling of the Finlay question.

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Angles supports the Cuban government's claim for the site of Camp Lazear and rejects the alternative location. He stresses Finlay's preeminence in the yellow fever research. Included is Hench's autograph reaction to Angles' claims.