Mosquitoes

Berkson writes that he was impressed by Hench's lecture on the yellow fever experiments. He thinks Hench's paper should be published in Johns Hopkins University's "Bulletin of the History of Medicine."

White discusses ongoing mosquito eradication work in Mexico and South America.

White writes about his field work to control the spread of yellow fever in Brazil.

White writes that he has been mediating between Connor and Stubbs. He briefly describes the situation in Mexico regarding yellow fever.

White reports that there is no yellow fever in Peru, but that it is vital to continue mosquito controls for a year.

White comments on the unusual yellow fever case of seaman Cose. White reports on the Mexican yellow fever work.

Porter thanks Carter for his educational malaria pamphlet for children.

Morris writes about her brother, Roger Post Ames, and his involvement with the yellow fever experiments. She describes his association with Lazear and his work in Cuba.

Castro describes a 1904 history of Las Animas Hospital, by Barnet and Guiteras.

Guiteras responds to negative publicity about sanitary work in Panama. He states that neglect of mosquito work in the American South is the result of “moneyed interests”. He offers favorable recollections of Walter Reed.

Guiteras disputes Gorgas' theories about immunity to yellow fever and eradication of the disease.

Guiteras writes that he will conduct further experiments using wire mesh and additional species of mosquitoes.

Kerr describes rural sanitation investigations and malaria surveys. He requests Carter's assistance.

Maxcy is glad that Carter is recovering. He discusses the difficulties of distinguishing between re-infection and relapse in malaria, and encloses tables on Coogle's research.

Howard thanks Carroll for the fresh mosquito eggs. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Howard sends Carroll eggs of Stegomyia and more mosquitoes. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Howard requests that Carroll send his papers on yellow fever to a professor in Indiana. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Howard informs Carroll the mosquito he sent him from Cuba has been identified as a species described from Brazil. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Howard provides information to Carroll about a certain species of mosquito. Howard then asks Carroll to catch a species of mosquito for his own research, which is believed to have migrated to Cuba in slave ships years ago. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Howard informs Baekeland that he does not wish to be involved in the controversy between Marie Gorgas and Kean.