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Mosquitoes

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Found in 991 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  July 1, 1905

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 8
Identifier: 06208001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas writes about the use of pyrethrum in the Canal Zone for the treatment of yellow fever and plague.

Dates:  July 1, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  March 2, 1908

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 25
Identifier: 06225001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas is convinced that mosquito eradication is the only method to keep yellow fever from developing into an epidemic.

Dates:  March 2, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Robert M. O'Reilly,  February 20, 1909

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 50
Identifier: 02750001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas describes the achievements of the Panama Canal Zone Sanitary Department.

Dates:  February 20, 1909
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Robert M. O'Reilly with enclosed draft

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Robert M. O'Reilly,  January 3, 1905

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 43
Identifier: 02743001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas writes about his own work with the Canal Zone Sanitary Commission.

Dates:  January 3, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Ronald Ross,  August 9, 1906

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 4
Identifier: 06104001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas suggests that Finlay and Carter be nominated for the Nobel Prize. In the postscript, Gorgas writes an autograph note for Carter.

Dates:  August 9, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Ronald Ross

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Ronald Ross,  August 9, 1905

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 19
Identifier: 02819001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas reports on conditions in Panama regarding yellow fever and malaria. He recommends that the Nobel Prize be given to America.

Dates:  August 9, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Walter Reed,  February 6, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 02604001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas discusses Reed's success with Carlos Finlay's mosquito theory. Gorgas would like a post in Panama after Cuba.

Dates:  February 6, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William H. Welch to Howard A. Kelly,  circa November 1, 1922

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03063016
Scope and Contents

Welch writes about the mosquito theory of yellow fever transmission and the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  circa November 1, 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 William S. Thayer to Laura Armistead Carter,  April 14, 1926

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 38
Identifier: 01238001
Scope and Contents

Thayer discusses the influence of Carter's and Finlay's work on Reed and Lazear.

Dates:  April 14, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter

Letter from William S. Thayer to Mabel H. Lazear, April 19, 1926

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 57
Identifier: 00457001
Scope and Contents

Thayer makes reference to Carter's experiments and their influence on Lazear. Thayer inquires if Lazear discussed his theories with her.

Dates: April 19, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Letters from W.S. Thayer to Mabel H. Lazear

Letter from William S. Thayer to Mabel H. Lazear, May 31, 1926

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 57
Identifier: 00457002
Scope and Contents

Thayer thanks her for the extracts of letters she sent, which confirmed that the Yellow Fever Commission initially pursued the Sanarelli hypothesis.

Dates: May 31, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Letters from W.S. Thayer to Mabel H. Lazear

Letter from William S. Thayer to Mabel H. Lazear, June 29, 1904

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 24
Identifier: 00424001
Scope and Contents

Thayer believes that Lazear should receive credit for being the first to advocate the mosquito theory to the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates: June 29, 1904
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from W.W. Keen to Howard A. Kelly,  July 27, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931034
Scope and Contents

Keen sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  July 27, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to contributions for the support of John R. Kissinger

Letter to Dear Doctor Ferrell, January 9, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 00925013
Scope and Contents

[Carter] comments extensively on a public health film on malaria.

Dates: January 9, 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 to Dear Doctor Ferrell, January 10, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 00925018
Scope and Contents

The firm of Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton informs Carter about its pricing policies for reprints of medical journals.

Dates: January 10, 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 to Henry Rose Carter,  May 29, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00931024
Scope and Contents

The writer, from the treasury department of the U.S. Public Health Service, expresses a desire to discuss with Carter a plan to put European ports under the general direction of U.S. Quarantine Station, on Staten Island, New York.

Dates:  May 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 to Henry Rose Carter, February 17, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764017
Scope and Contents

The writer discusses fish stocks in local reservoirs.

Dates: February 17, 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 to M.A. Barber,  February 23, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021060
Scope and Contents

The writer describes experiments involving the winter breeding of mosquitoes.

Dates:  February 23, 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

Life and Letters of Dr. Walter Reed, by Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed,  circa 1930-1941

 Item — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 04934050
Scope and Contents

This manuscript discusses Walter Reed's yellow fever experiments in Cuba and provides letters written by Reed.

Dates:  circa 1930-1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Drafts ofLife and Letters of Walter Reed, by Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed with related correspondence

Life-History of the Parasites of Malaria,Nature,  1901

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 52
Identifier: 01952001
Scope and Contents

Ross discusses the parasites that cause malarial fevers. A note on the article indicates that it was published in Nature in 1901.

Dates:  1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed