Yellow fever

[Laura Carter] sends Cumming a list of Henry Carter's articles at the Army Medical Museum.

Laura A. Carter informs Cumming that Henry Carter is in Peru.

[Laura Carter] sends Phalen notes on Henry Carter and his work. She notes that Henry Carter excluded his living host theory from his 1900 article for fear that such speculation would make the article less acceptable.

Laura Carter describes her visit to see Henry Carter in South America.

Laura Carter requests books from the Library of Congress for use in a yellow fever bibliography.

Laura Carter sends her cousin Myron biographical material on Henry Carter, claiming that his work helped to determine the direction of Reed's.

[Laura Carter] discusses the Carters' travel plans for a conference in Kingston, Jamaica. She mentions Henry Carter's health.

Laura Carter sends Welch quotations expressing Henry Carter's final conclusions on L. icteroides.

Laura Carter writes that she is thankful the work on her father's book is complete. She comments on her financial situation and her health.

Jackson sends a contribution for Kissinger. Her husband knew Kissinger as a hospital attendant.

Blincoe provides recollections of Walter Reed, and includes a transcription of Thomas Reed's letter.

Wood is delighted with the material Hench has sent her for her book on Reed. She comments on the differences between the stories of Kissinger and Moran. She is trying to piece together Reed's early career. She is grateful for his offer to review her manuscript.

Wood describes the notebook she examined at the New York Academy of Medicine, which is alleged to be Reed's. She thinks it is not Reed's notebook, but does find it interesting that the writer caught mosquitoes near a yellow fever outbreak in Havana and dissected them in the lab. She wonders if it is Lazear's.

Wood thinks the notebook found at the New York Academy of Medicine may be a disappointment to Hench. She describes how Malloch acquired the notebook.

Wood is sending Hench the last third of her manuscript and asks for his comments. She questions why Reed would have needed information about the insect host theory from both Carter and Lazear. She comments on meeting Blossom Reed.

Wood thanks Hench for comments on her manuscript - responding to some of them - and discusses her work. She used Ashburn's history of the Army Medical Corps for some statistics. Wood insists that Hench write his book on Reed because she feels it will be definitive.

Wood discusses the upcoming publication of her book. Truby visited recently and gave her more information on the yellow fever experiments. She inquires if Hench knows who first volunteered for the experiments.

This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

Lawrence and Blossom Reed certify that Hench's photostatic copies of notes on the yellow fever experiments are in the handwriting of their father, Walter Reed.

Lawrence Reed gives post news and notes Truby's comments concerning the yellow fever experiments. He inquires if she will visit at Christmas. He turns twenty-three tomorrow.