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The mayor of Cienfuegos announces, in light of an outbreak of yellow fever, that all water containers must be brought up to code within 48 hours.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...

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Kean answers Hench's questions regarding the yellow fever experiments.

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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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Records regard the publication of “Major Walter Reed and the Yellow Fever Commission - A Compilation.” The Smithsonian Institution requests photographs of Walter Reed. The record card is dated January 12, 1911 through September 12, 1911. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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These are Public Health Service specifications for impounded waters in malarial areas; autograph notes added.

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This report details the Army's mosquito control operations around Camp Meade, Maryland.

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The report describes efforts to pass a Congressional bill honoring the yellow fever volunteers and securing pensions.

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Carter discusses needed mosquito-control work in Guayaquil and the endemic focus of yellow fever. He believes that the local population will cooperate, and so work should proceed. The city should be provided with a proper water supply to ensure continued success of the work.

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Rath describes the Rojas family estate and the adjoining Camp Lazear in terms of their historic significance. He discusses preservation difficulties in Cuba, and outlines Rojas' suggestion that Building No. 1 be taken down and rebuilt on her San Jose property. Rojas would like both properties to be taken over by the American National Trust, and for the Trust to help in setting up a Cuban-American foundation to preserve the property.

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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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Obregon establishes a commission under the International Health Board for yellow fever work in Mexico. Officers, administrative structure, and funding are specified.

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The Johns Hopkins Hospital trustees petition Congress for a pension for Mabel Lazear.

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This article, which appeared in "Outlook," deals with Kelly's biography of Walter Reed.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...

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This excerpt includes the Roll of Honor of the participants in the yellow fever investigations in Cuba.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...