Interpersonal relations

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Reed pays tribute to her father, Walter Reed, in this essay. She describes her home in the Blue Ridge Mountains, their gardens, and her father's devotion to his family and to medicine.

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This outline lists chapter titles and provides rough descriptions of their content.

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This is the text of Hench's speech, which was given at the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

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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Summary of Hench's research and trip to Havana, Cuba, with various autograph notes, memorandum, and addendum.

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Hench interviews Kean about the Yellow Fever Commission.

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Peake's story on the work of Henry Rose Carter and William Gorgas in ridding Panama of yellow fever includes excerpts from Laura Armistead's Panama diary.

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Lambert writes that he has been recuperating at the Army Hospital in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and thanks Truby for his help.

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Lida writes about enjoying her vacation.

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Pogolotti sends New Year greetings to Hench.

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Hench lists questions he has for Kean.

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Hench supplies over one hundred detailed questions to Tate.

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Baker's recollections of yellow fever in Havana from 1898 to 1900 include a description of deaths among the American military officers.

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Baker describes his personal experiences in connection with yellow fever epidemics in Havana, Cuba.

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Hench remarks on the history of the experiments that led to the conquest of yellow fever.

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Mason reports on the Panama Canal Zone Sanitary Department activities with appendices: A - plan of action; B - departmental organization; C - free distribution of quinine.

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Kissinger describes the yellow fever experiments and comments on the men involved. He also describes the experience of suffering from yellow fever and the treatment for the disease. Kissinger remarks on inaccuracies in the play "Yellow Jack." He maintains that he volunteered before Moran.

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This radio script presents a fictionalized version of the yellow fever experiments, and portrays Kissinger and Moran as heroes. The radio program was prepared and produced by Young & Rubicam, Inc. for the program, "We The People", for their client the General Foods Corp., to promote their product "Calumet", on January 10, 1937, from 5:00-5:30 on the network WJZ.

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This radio script presents a fictionalized version of the yellow fever experiments, and portrays Kissinger and Moran as heroes. The radio program was prepared and produced by Young & Rubicam, Inc. for the program, "We The People", for their client the General Foods Corp., to promote their product "Calumet", on January 10, 1937, from 5:00-5:30 on the network WJZ.

Scope and Contents In this speech, delivered at the dedication of Camp Lazear, Hench stresses the Cuban-American cooperation underlying the conquest of yellow fever. He discusses the Havana Yellow Fever Commission of 1879 and the choice of the Finca San Jose as an experimental site because of its yellow fever immunity. He describes Finlay's mosquito hypothesis and experiments, and the lack of support for his theory. Hench then outlines the work of Lazear and the Reed Commission, quotes Reed and Finlay, and...