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Yellow fever

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2717 Collections and/or Records:

Carlos J. Finlay,  circa 1900

 Item — Box 88: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 33
Identifier: P8833001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  circa 1900

Carlos J. Finlay's bust, by Dean Cornwell,  1940

 Item — Box 77: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 7
Identifier: P7707001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  1940

Carter. Henry Rose (August 25, 1852 - September 14, 1925), Sanitarian and Epidemiologist,  circa 1927

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01302007
Scope and Contents

Phalen's biographical sketch describes H.R. Carter's family, education, career, appearance, and personality.

Dates:  circa 1927

Cast of the playYellow Jackduring the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College,  October 26, 1940

 Item — Box 94: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 38
Identifier: P9438001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  October 26, 1940

Causes Yellow Fever,The Baltimore News, April 24, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 62
Identifier: N2462001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: April 24, 1901

Certificate from Pedro Nogueira to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04503006
Scope and Contents

Nogueira, the Marianao Director of Sanitation, certifies that Hench will fumigate Building No. 1 at Camp Lazear for termites.

Dates:  December 3, 1952

Charles G. Sonntag holding a medal and the test tube containing two mosquitos which most likely gave him yellow fever,  September 1941

 Item — Box 80: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 30
Identifier: P8030001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  September 1941

Check from Philip Showalter Hench to John J. Moran,  January 28, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 52
Identifier: 03452001
Scope and Contents

Hench's check for a photograph of Moran was returned to him by Moran.

Dates:  January 28, 1938

Christmas card from Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 22, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04011005
Scope and Contents

Rodriguez Leon thanks Hench for the reprints he sent and promises to write soon. She hopes that she can answer some of Hench's questions about the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  December 22, 1942

Chronology of the yellow fever work in Cuba, 1899 and 1900,  June 1, 1929

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 43
Identifier: 03143002
Scope and Contents

This chronology includes Kean's personal experiences and an autographed entry noting Reed's death, in 1902.

Dates:  June 1, 1929

Circular [in English and Spanish] from Carlos J. Finlay to the Local Sanitary Officers of Cuba,  July 22, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 48
Identifier: 02948001
Scope and Contents

Finlay discusses recent cases of yellow fever, in Santiago and Daiquiri, in order to quell rumors of massive outbreaks.

Dates:  July 22, 1908

Circular number 5, military orders by command of Brigadier General Lee,  August 18, 1900

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 3
Identifier: 06203001
Scope and Contents

This document discusses the diagnosis and treatment of yellow fever in Cuba.

Dates:  August 18, 1900

Circular on Jesse W. Lazear's actions in Cuba, circa 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444043
Scope and Contents

This circular relates Lazear's role in the yellow fever research.

Dates: circa 1908

Ciudad Militar (Camp Columbia), Quemados de Marianao, Cuba,  circa 1930-1950

 Item — Box 89: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 53
Identifier: P8953001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  circa 1930-1950

Clinical Blood Findings in Yellow Fever, by J. Birney Guthrie, M.D. and R.T. Perkins, M.D., circa 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 00918001

Colonel Goethals Was Not Hampered by the Canal Commission,The Baltimore Sun,  December 21, 1914

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 21
Identifier: N3021001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates:  December 21, 1914

Columbia Barracks Hospital with notes by Philip Showalter Hench,  circa 1930-1950

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 8
Identifier: P6308018
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench primarily consists of materials relating to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1879 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1900 to 1954. These items include, but are not limited to the following: correspondence of...
Dates:  circa 1930-1950

Composite view of Camp Lazear site, Cuba,  1940

 Item — Box 91: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 44
Identifier: P9144001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  1940

Composite view of the Camp Lazear site, Cuba,  1941

 Item — Box 91: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 49
Identifier: P9149001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  1941

Confidential Memorandum of Trip to Cuba, March 2-11, 1948, by Philip Showalter Hench with annotations by Albert E. Truby,  circa March 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 04208002
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses, in detail, his trip to Cuba. He writes that Moran and Nogueira were of great help to him. Moran stated that he was the first to volunteer for the experiments. Hench describes his visit to Camp Lazear, the Finca San Jose, Camp Columbia, Las Animas Hospital, General Wood's old headquarters, the site of the 1901 Pan-American Medical Congress, Finlay's home, and the Finlay Institute.

Dates:  circa March 1948