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Mosquitoes

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 991 Collections and/or Records:

Military orders to commanding officers of the United States Army in Western Cuba,  October 15, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 40
Identifier: 02140001
Scope and Contents

Circular Order #8 includes Kean's letter of October 13. Kean states in his communication that the mosquito is responsible for the transmission of malaria and filarial infections, and more than likely yellow fever. He recommends a course of action for all posts in the eradication of mosquitoes. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 15, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Minutes from the Conference of the Committee on Medical Legislation and the National Legislation Council of the American Medical Association,  January 12, 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 71
Identifier: 02871001
Scope and Contents

These minutes include a discussion of the failure of Congress to pass a bill to provide financial relief to James Carroll's family.

Dates:  January 12, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Monthly progress report from Lunsford D. Fricks to the Surgeon General,  August 6, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 8
Identifier: 01208002
Scope and Contents

Fricks reports on the progress of the malaria campaign in the southern United States.

Dates:  August 6, 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

Monthly progress report from Lunsford D. Fricks to the Surgeon General,  September 5, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 01212001
Scope and Contents

Fricks reports on malaria work in the southern United States.

Dates:  September 5, 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

Monthly progress report from Lunsford D. Fricks to the Surgeon General,  March 5, 1924

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 40
Identifier: 01140001
Scope and Contents

Fricks reports on malaria investigations conducted in the southern United States.

Dates:  March 5, 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

Monthly progress report from Lunsford D. Fricks to the Surgeon General,  July 5, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 6
Identifier: 01206001
Scope and Contents

Fricks reports on the progress of malaria investigations conducted in the southern United States.

Dates:  July 5, 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

Monthly progress report to the Surgeon General,  June 5, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01204001
Scope and Contents

Fricks reports on malaria investigations in the southern United States. He details laboratory work, epidemiological studies, and impounded water investigations.

Dates:  June 5, 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

More Pension for Mrs. Reed,The Washington Post,  February 1910

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 15
Identifier: N2715004
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:...
Dates:  February 1910
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Articles recommending support of pension for Emilie Lawrence Reed

Mosquito: As the Medium of Spreading Fever Epidemic,  April 11, 1905

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: N2804001
Scope and Contents

Mosquito

Dates:  April 11, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Mosquito Brigade Has Slain 234,678,548,876,234,789,432,623,734,816,212 of the Pesky Critters Wounded Number More Than 3,621,738,541,776,928,316,294,444,360,727,663,361,246,818,The Baltimore Sun,  June 21, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 42
Identifier: N2942001
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:...
Dates:  June 21, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Mosquito Control Ends Fatal Plague of Yellow Fever,  circa 1927-1933

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 59
Identifier: N2659002
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:...
Dates:  circa 1927-1933
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Clippings relating to the remembrance of Walter Reed

Mosquitoes Considered as Transmitters of Yellow Fever and Malaria,Medical Record: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery, by Carlos J. Finlay,  May 27, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 14
Identifier: 01914001
Scope and Contents

Finlay discusses the theory that mosquitoes can transmit malaria and yellow fever. To bolster his case he describes Koch's work with the tick that transmits Texas Fever. He writes about the effect of temperature on mosquitoes, and suggests that measures be taken to eliminate mosquitoes and prevent their entry into houses.

Dates:  May 27, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Mosquitoes' Deadly Work,The New York Times,  June 5, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 5
Identifier: N2505001
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:...
Dates:  June 5, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Mosquitos and Malaria,The Medical Record,  September 7, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 34
Identifier: 02534001
Scope and Contents

This article discusses the transmission of malaria.

Dates:  September 7, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

National Honors for the Yellow Fever Heroes,  circa 1929

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03224001
Scope and Contents

This report chronicles the path to recognition for the members of the Yellow Fever Board, beginning with a 1906 letter from Theodore Roosevelt.

Dates:  circa 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Notes by Jefferson Randolph Kean for the Journal of Association of Military Surgeons,  September 28, 1926

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 70
Identifier: 06270001
Scope and Contents

Kean provides his analysis of the date of the initiation of anti-mosquito efforts in Havana. He cites a report by William Crawford Gorgas, which was written in 1904.

Dates:  September 28, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

Notes by Jefferson Randolph Kean on Cuban yellow fever experiments,  August 6, 1943

 Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06401139
Scope and Contents

Kean writes notes and memoranda about various yellow fever episodes.

Dates:  August 6, 1943
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Notes by Philip Showalter Hench,  circa 1935-1955

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 61
Identifier: 02961001
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:...
Dates:  circa 1935-1955
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence of Aristides Agramonte relating to his role in the conquest of yellow fever with notes by Philip Showalter Hench

Notes for a bill for Virginia, circa 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 1
Identifier: 00901005
Scope and Contents

The Virginia Board of Health will have control over all impounded waters in matters affecting public health.

Dates: circa 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Papers on impounded waters

Notes for a lecture on yellow fever, by [Henry Rose Carter], circa 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 00922001
Scope and Contents

[Carter] deals extensively with the prophylaxis of yellow fever.

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