Yellow fever

Hench discusses various meetings he had in Cuba to acquire biographical information.

Hench contacts Kean to arrange a meeting. He also encloses a list of questions and comments and requests some addresses.

Hench is eager to hear more of Kean's recollections regarding his stay in Cuba and lists specific questions.

Hench explains that he is trying to get Lazear his share of the credit.

Hench requests permission to study Kean's diary in depth. He poses a large number of questions concerning yellow fever work.

Hench expresses great interest in reading Truby's paper. He requests the address of Emilie Lawrence Reed and Blossom Reed. He discusses the dinner honoring Moran at the University of Virginia, and he invites Kean to attend the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building.

[Hench] informs Kean that he has found proof that a rental fee was paid by the U.S. military to use the Rojas family farm. He is thinking of purchasing Building No. 1 at Camp Lazear.

Hench attempts to finish the Rheumatism Review, allowing little time for yellow fever research.

Hench poses questions regarding the yellow fever experiments because he knows that Kean had connections with Reed.

Hench is anxious to discuss his questions with Kean.

Hench discusses the Kissinger interview, which was published in a Cleveland newspaper. He offers his opinion on the role played by Kissinger during the yellow fever experiments.

Hench is relieved that Kissinger is doing better, and he provides information about the upcoming publication of his yellow fever paper.

Hench insists that in a historical painting, like the yellow fever painting, all figures should be identified. He suggests Carter and Ames be included.

Hench argues that Ames would be a good choice to include in the yellow fever painting.

Hench enjoys the second draft of Truby's manuscript.

Hench discusses the credit given to Finlay for his ideas.

Hench will send Kean additional reprints of the Wyeth painting. He comments on the discovery, at the New York Academy of Medicine, of a notebook believed to belong to Lazear. He wonders if Carroll's son sold it to the Academy.

Hench informs Kean that Lazear's niece took him to the old family home where he found letters from Lazear to his mother and other personal items. Hench notes that he has also found Agramonte's leave of absence papers indicating he left Cuba several days before Lazear died.

Hench tells Kean of an upcoming trip to see various people connected with the yellow fever experiments and of having recently seen Emilie Lawrence Reed. He recounts having given his yellow fever talk at a medical meeting and thanks Kean for his previous letter and the enclosed clippings.

Hench informs Kean that Jessie Ames sent Hench a certificate of Roger Ames' yellow fever infection as well as an army paper, which referred to Ames as “yellow fever immune.” He also discusses his own impending military service.