Yellow fever

Kean thanks Moran for sending him his immunity certificate signed by the Yellow Fever Board members. Kean comments on the political situation in Cuba.

Kean accepts Moran's offer to send him his yellow fever clinical chart and comments on conditions in Cuba and the U.S.

Kean describes the 1900 Havana Finlay-Reed dinner, which celebrated the conclusive proof of Finlay's theory by Reed's work. He feels that Finlay has not received a fair share of the credit.

Kean provides Morin with a comprehensive review of the yellow fever experiments. He includes the names of the personnel, their birth places, their enlistment and discharge locations, and present addresses.

Kean expresses his disappointment in the competition between Cuba and America regarding the credit for the yellow fever work. According to Kean, it was Reed who demonstrated Finlay's theory and Gorgas who applied it.

[Kean] requests additional experiments using wire mesh as a mosquito control.

Kean suggests that a case of yellow fever was contracted not in Santiago di Cuba but in Daiquiri.

Kean protests against the American quarantine of all Cuban ports.

Kean asks Laura Carter if her father's papers indicate the dates he arrived at and departed from Cuba, in 1900.

Kean compliments Ravenel on his review of the Gorgas biography and presents his own view of the errors in the book.

Kean sends Ireland a letter from Frank McCoy concerning Gen. Summerall's statements about the roles played by Sternberg and Wood in the work of the Yellow Fever Commission. On the bottom of the letter, Ireland adds an expression of interest and his initials.

Kean considers sending his family back to the United States because of the risk of yellow fever.

Kean discusses the mystery of yellow fever, its effects and spread. He comments the state of sanitary conditions at the newly built Camp Columbia.

Kean discusses efforts to control yellow fever, and notes the extent to which it has spread in the corps.

Kean writes about his rationale for remaining as Post Surgeon at Columbia Barracks instead of taking position at Fort McHenry, Baltimore. He comments on the lasting value of Reed's work.

Kean discusses the health of friends back in the United States. He includes a satirical paragraph on the health of acquaintances.

Kean informs Nogueira that there were no deaths through human experimentation at Camp Lazear. However, Andrus caused Reed great anxiety because he had a severe case of yellow fever.

Kean comments on the attempt to add Ames to the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor.

Kean discusses a future meeting with Hench, his relationship with Reed, and his experiences with the yellow fever experiments.

Kean discusses an upcoming meeting with Hench and the honoring of Moran and Kissinger by the Cuban government.