Yellow fever
Found in 2717 Collections and/or Records:
Building Number Two, Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, circa 1901
According to Philip Showalter Hench the picture citation erroneously describes the structure in the image as Building Number One.
Building Number Two, Las Animas Hospital, circa 1900-1950
Bust honoring Jesse W. Lazear, Finlay Park, Havana, Cuba, 1940
Bust of Carlos J. Finlay, Havana, Cuba, 1948
Cablegram from Henry Hanson to the International Health Board, September 5, 1921
This is a cablegram with a translated cipher. It concerns funding for health inspectors in the Panama Canal Zone.
Cablegram from Henry Rose Carter to the International Health Board, 1900-1925
Carter informs the Board that yellow fever has broken out in Peru and the Peruvian government is seeking help. Carter offers to stay, but will be unable to do field work.
Cage for manipulating infected mosquitoes, Las Animas Hospital, circa 1900
Cage for yellow fever and malaria patients, Las Animas Hospital, circa 1900
Camp Lazear experimental building with notes by Philip Showalter Hench, circa 1930-1950
Camp Lazear National Monument, December 2, 1952
Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, circa 1901
Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, 1901
Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, 1901
Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, 1901
Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, 1901
Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, 1901
Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, 1901
Photo by US Army Medical Museum
Camp Lazear site, Cuba, circa 1941
Camp Lazear story for Mayovox, by Helen Cassidy, circa April 1953
Cassidy's article briefly tells the story of the yellow fever experiments, the discovery by Hench of the correct location of Camp Lazear, and the eventual dedication of the site.