Yellow fever

Guiteras explains that he must resign from the International Health Board's Yellow Fever Council because he is going into general practice, and will not have enough time.

[Guiteras] reports to Gorgas on a Barbados epidemic, which he suspects may be yellow fever.

Dorothy and James send a contribution for Kissinger.

Crane congratulates Hench on his article, "The Conquerors of Yellow Fever." He would like to secure a copy of Dean Cornwell's painting to add it to his collection dealing with Medical History.

Maxcy asks Russell if he could have a copy of Carter's manuscript, "The Epidemiology of Yellow Fever."

Howard asks Carroll for extra copies of his paper on the yellow fever mosquito. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Howard is concerned about Carroll's reaction to the statement in Century Magazine about Finlay producing three cases of mild fever. Howard is investigating the matter further. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Howard requests that Carroll send his papers on yellow fever to a professor in Indiana. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Howard identifies the bee that Carroll had sent to him earlier, giving specifics about its range and habits. He looks forward to talking with Carroll and Reed about the success of the yellow fever experiments, and wishes them success in identifying the organism that causes yellow fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Howard thanks Reed for the copies of two papers on yellow fever. He then corrects Reed on the proper way to spell out fasciata Stegomyia. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Howard congratulates Reed on the success of his work and mentions he will quote Reed's work favorably in his upcoming lectures. He asks Reed to use care in saying anything about his connection with the kerosene remedy. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Osgood sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Reed enthusiastically describes the ceremony to award the Finlay Medals and expresses regret that Hench could not attend.

Laura Carter sends Seward a copy of Frost's notes on Henry Rose Carter. [not enclosed] She describes her father's opinions of Strobel's, Nott's and Bell's yellow fever research and encloses a list of Carter's yellow fever articles.

Carter asks ifThe Practice of Medicine in the Tropics, with her father's section on yellow fever, has gone to press. Her father has finished yellow fever work in Peru, but Laura Eugenia Cook Carter, his wife, has died.

Laura Carter sends the editor corrections for a biographical sketch of Henry Carter.

Laura Carter says that she is withholding Russell's letter about possible yellow fever cases because of Henry Carter's poor health.

[Laura Carter] thanks Russell for the news clipping on Moran and Kissinger. She writes that she will resume work on the book.

Laura Carter informs Russell of her progress on her father's book and reports that she has heard from Ramsey and Hayne regarding the International Health Board work.

Laura Carter informs Russell that she left the Ravenel correspondence with Read, but did not use it because her father's book ends before Reed's yellow fever work commenced.