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Telegram relates to furnishing escort for Walter Reed's funeral.

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This is a decoded telegram from the I.H.B. to Hanson mentioning the Carters.

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The Merchants' Association informs Mabel Lazear that the annuity bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent, but still needs the president's signature.

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The Merchants' Association informs Mabel Lazear that the president has signed the annuity bill.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...

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Hench's friends congratulate him on his honorary degree.

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The Welch Medical Library has found Peabody's material on yellow fever and will send it to Hench.

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Thomas A. Baldwin reports Jesse W. Lazear's death.

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Spies urgently requests a copy of Hench's speech so that it can be translated into Spanish.

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Lippard, of the University of Virginia Medical School, requests that Hench make arrangements to place a wreath in memory of Virginia alumni Reed, Moran, and Kean at the Camp Lazear dedication.

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Lippard inquires if Cooke should be included on the wreath representing the University of Virginia School of Medicine at the Camp Lazear dedication. Cooke, who died recently, was also a Virginia alumnus.

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The Simpsons congratulate Hench and regret that they will not be able to attend the Washington and Jefferson College event.

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Reed wants to meet a delegate from the Public Health Association.

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Reed states that cases of yellow fever are diagnosed and confirmed from his experiments, which proves the mosquito theory.

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Reed reports that there are four diagnosed cases of yellow fever within the period of incubation.

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Receipt for book order.

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Rose informs Carter that some of Noguchi's vaccine has been shipped to Peru.

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Rose requests information on the yellow fever situation. He offers his assistance.

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Rappleye has arranged for a representative of Columbia University Medical School to place wreaths in memory of alumni Lazear, Agramonte, and Sternberg at the Camp Lazear dedication. He thanks Hench for the suggestion.

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Gorgas lists yellow fever patients to date in the Panama Canal Zone.