Yellow fever

Tate defends Lambert's claim to recognition and acknowledges that Lambert believes Ames to be a great man.

Tate feels awkward about the action being taken to prevent Lambert's bill from being approved.

Tate thanks Hench for his citation of Kelly's Reed biography. Tate criticizes the accuracy of Kelly's account of the yellow fever experiments.

Tate believes that Warner has tried to take credit that belongs to others in the yellow fever experiments. He regrets that Pinto and Stark were not mentioned at the Camp Lazear dedication.

Tate informs [Hench] that he was the medical records clerk at Columbia Barracks during the yellow fever experiments. He claims that Ames was the real hero and yet became the forgotten man because he was simply a contract doctor.

Tate, having learned of Hench's work with arthritis, requests Hench's help with his own arthritic condition. He begs forgiveness for his doubts of Hench's ability to write the story of the yellow fever experiments.

Tate testifies to the work done by Lambert as a nurse during the yellow fever experiments, and feels that Lambert should be recognized for his service. He also encloses a letter from Barratt O'Hara.

Nogueira informs Truby that he will contribute to a local history of Marianao, which is currently being written. He inquires about the locations of the mosquito experiments, where Lazear died, where Edmunds was confined, and the role of Cuban doctors in the Yellow Fever Commission's work.

Nogueira would like to know the names of the eleven soldiers who were inoculated by Lazear. He also wants information about the non-immune camp for Americans in Quemados.

Nogueira inquires if any of the volunteers at Camp Lazear died from the yellow fever experiments.

Nogeuria finds plans that mark the location of the American cemetery. He also is starting to form a Lazear Camp Friend's Association.

Nogueira informs Hench that Building No. 1 has been declared a Cuban national monument. He has received Hench's ideas on preserving the building and will keep him informed of Cuban preservation plans.

Nogueira sends Hench photographs of Building No. 1. The dedication of Camp Lazear will be on December 3, 1952, and he is going to send out the invitations soon. Nogueira wants Hench to attend the Science Academy Session following the dedication, which will be dedicated solely to the work of the Yellow Fever Commission, and for which he will be the principal speaker. He promises to save some of the original wood from Building No. 1 for Hench.

Nogueira sends Hench a list of names to be engraved on memorial plaques for the dedication of Camp Lazear. He explains why some were included and others excluded.

Nogueira proposes the Finlay award for Cooke posthumously, and notes that other individuals are being considered for the honor as well. He lists the names of persons receiving an official invitation to attend the dedication of Camp Lazear and describes Hench's role during the ceremony. Hench is to forward a copy of his speech so that it can be translated into Spanish for the Cuban media.

Nogueira describes a ceremony held in Marianao, Cuba, on the anniversary of Finlay's birthday. Medals were awarded to those involved with the yellow fever experiments and to their families.

Nogueira informs Hench of the Cuban government's plans to place plaques on Camp Lazear Building No. 1 and on the Havana building where Finlay conducted his experiments, in 1881. He hopes action will be taken on Hench's proposals to preserve the Camp Lazear building soon, and promises to support those efforts.

Suarez thanks Hench for the return of the Dominguez manuscript on Finlay, and for the reprint of Hench's yellow fever article. He has sent Hench's article to Dominguez' widow.

Hench gives an account of the Lazear family since the death of Jesse W. Lazear. Hench discusses a rift in the Lazear family.

Hench thanks Diaz for identifying the men in the photograph and asks him to find out how much it would cost to have the book on Military Hospital No. 1 photostated in Cuba.