Yellow fever

Kean mentions that his manuscripts related to Reed and yellow fever are at the University of Virginia.

Kean is upset over efforts to get Poucher's name added to the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor.

Kean lists various Senate documents dealing with the yellow fever investigation. He offers his opinion on the role of Lambert.

Kean responds in detail to Hench's letter concerning the yellow fever experiments. He sends his diary from late 1900 and a copy of a speech at the dedication of Walter Reed's birthplace.

Kean compares the two methods of testing for yellow fever: mosquito bites and sleeping in the infected bedding. He claims that at the time of the experiments, the latter was considered more dangerous.

Kean reports that Reed requested $10,000 to conduct the yellow fever experiments. However, he is uncertain about where the financial records for the yellow fever study are being kept. He discusses an article written by Truby and encourages Hench to contact Thomas M. England, a former yellow fever volunteer.

Kean discusses his health and the dinner at the University of Virginia honoring Moran. He speaks about Finlay's mental condition during his later years. He also describes the dinner given in Havana celebrating the confirmation by the Yellow Fever Board of the Finlay theory.

Kean talks about Lazear's family and the location of his boyhood home. He also discusses the biography of Finlay.

Kean comments on the controversy over Agramonte's role in the mosquito work. He answers, in detail, questions based on Hench's reading of Kean's diary. He emphasizes that Reed never told him Lazear's infection was experimental. He believes Lazear's careful records enabled Reed to understand the yellow fever incubation period.

Kean asserts that Finlay was the discoverer of the transmission of yellow fever by mosquito and that Reed's demonstration of the theory led to its acceptance by the scientific world. He expresses a dislike for the grouping of men in the yellow fever painting.

Kean laments that the Ames family is trying to get Roger Post Ames included in the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor. He also discusses Camp Lazear.

Kean points out misinformation written in an article about Kissinger.

Kean hopes Hench will act as the guardian of the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor and will see that no other person be included by Congress.

Kean discusses withholding some confidential material from Laura Wood Roper and recommends Kissinger enter a Veteran's Bureau Hospital.

Kean makes a correction for Hench's publication on the conquerors of yellow fever.

Kean does not think Carter or Ames should be in the yellow fever painting. He suggests individuals on the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor.

Kean informs Hench that Reed read his paper on the etiology of yellow fever at the Pan American Medical Congress in Havana, Feb 4-7, 1901. While Wood was convinced of the need to destroy mosquitoes, Gorgas was not and only began mosquito eradication at Wood's command.

Kean discusses his health problems. Hendrick, in his Gorgas biography, made misstatements and did not correct them - it was Howard who advocated the use of kerosene to combat mosquitoes.

Kean expresses reservations about allowing Laura Wood Roper to view any contentious material in the Reed family letters.

Kean explains how the letters b and v are used interchangeably in Spanish.