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Mosquitoes

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 991 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from [Henry Rose Carter] to William Crawford Gorgas, November 30, 1918

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 00813052
Scope and Contents

Carter writes that it would make little sense for him to go to Guatemala for yellow fever work now.

Dates: November 30, 1918
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Henry Rose Carter to William D. Wrightson, October 22, 1918

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 00813036
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Carter praises the Virginia mosquito control work of Bailey.

Dates: October 22, 1918
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Henry Rose Carter to William E. Deeks,  September 8, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 01212005
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Carter comments on how to minimize the malaria problem. He recommends an article to Deeks.

Dates:  September 8, 1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from [Henry Rose Carter] to William E. Deeks,  January 25, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 20
Identifier: 01220013
Scope and Contents

[Carter] discusses mosquito breeding in containers and wells, and the use of quinine injections.

Dates:  January 25, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from [Henry Rose Carter] to William E. Deeks,  March 21, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 01222009
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[Carter] comments on Deeks' monograph on malaria, and he suggests changes.

Dates:  March 21, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Henry Rose Carter to William H. Ballou, January 25, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 00925056
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Carter requests a reference to an article, by Kudo, on a microorganism that kills mosquito larvae.

Dates: January 25, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Henry Rose Carter to William Y. Hollingsworth,  March 29, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 27
Identifier: 00927019
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Carter asks Hollingsworth if New Orleans Stegomyia (mosquitos) breed only in puddles with mud sides.

Dates:  March 29, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Henry Rose Carter to Willys M. Monroe,  June 10, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01109020
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Carter responds to Monroe's letter raising questions about the endemic yellow fever.

Dates:  June 10, 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Henry Rose Carter's secretary to Oliver G. Ricketson, Jr., January 4, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00903001
Scope and Contents

Ricketson is not to enter any yellow fever district until ten days after last vaccine injection.

Dates: January 4, 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from H.F. Moore to Henry Rose Carter, January 29, 1915

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803008
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Moore informs Carter that it is feasible to ship mosquito-eating fish to Alabama. The Bureau of Fisheries will cooperate with the Public Health Service.

Dates: January 29, 1915
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from H.H. Horner to Henry Rose Carter, February 29, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803022
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Horner discusses a hatchery at Edenton, North Carolina, for the breeding of mosquito-eating fish.

Dates: February 29, 1916
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Hideyo Noguchi to Henry Rose Carter, December 30, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 00917019
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Noguchi informs Carter of the death, by yellow fever, of Cross - one of Noguchi's laboratory assistants. Cross had been sent to Mexico without being properly immunized. Noguchi openly questions the actions of the doctors who attended to Cross in Mexico.

Dates: December 30, 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Hideyo Noguchi to Henry Rose Carter, January 3, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 00925002
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Noguchi sends Carter eight ampoules of yellow fever vaccine and directions for its use.

Dates: January 3, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from H.M. Smith to J.E.S. Thorpe,  September 9, 1919

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 52
Identifier: 03052001
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Smith recommends a species of top minnow for mosquito control, as well as useful publications dealing with mosquitos.

Dates:  September 9, 1919
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Howard A. Kelly to L.O. Howard,  November 1, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 52
Identifier: 02852001
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Kelly requests to see Reed's account of the experiments, which had been mailed to Howard. A plaque for Walter Reed at King's County Hospital, in Brooklyn, will be dedicated.

Dates:  November 1, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from [Howard A. Kelly] to Robert E. Noble,  October 13, 1922

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03063006
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[Kelly] requests information for a new edition of his book, “Walter Reed and Yellow Fever.“

Dates:  October 13, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Miscellaneous correspondence of Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter from Howard A. Kelly to William H. Welch,  October 7, 1922

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03063002
Scope and Contents

Kelly solicits corrections or clarifications for a new edition of his book, “Walter Reed and Yellow Fever.“

Dates:  October 7, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Miscellaneous correspondence of Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter from Howard A. Kelly to William H. Welch,  October 7, 1922

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03063003
Scope and Contents

Kelly solicits corrections or clarifications for a new edition of his book, “Walter Reed and Yellow Fever.“

Dates:  October 7, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Miscellaneous correspondence of Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter from H.S. Parsons to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 22, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803017
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Parsons lists the names of newspapers and magazines published in Havana, Cuba, which are available at the Periodical Division of the Library of Congress. "La Discusion," from February 8, 1901, shows a front-page cartoon ridiculing various theories on yellow fever - including the mosquito vector.

Dates:  February 22, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Hugh Cunningham to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 31, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122024
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This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

Dates:  May 31, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the students of Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School to Emilie Lawrence Reed