Mosquitoes

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Carter and LePrince discuss their survey of a planned mosquito-control pond in North Carolina and the local incidence of malaria.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...

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Peake's story on the work of Henry Rose Carter and William Gorgas in ridding Panama of yellow fever includes excerpts from Laura Armistead's Panama diary.

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Carter contends that America was free from malaria prior to its exploration and settlement by Europeans and Africans.

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White's report states that the Colombian government accepts the existence of yellow fever in the country, and will pay half of the funding for the International Health Board's yellow fever campaign. It details the geographic locations of the disease.

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Carey details the 50th anniversary of the yellow fever experiments.

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:...

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Havard provides evidence that Caldas' and Bellingaghi's theories are unsound and should not be accepted. He includes a detailed time-line of events and a list of arguments to conclude his report against Caldas. Enclosed are charts, reports, and other documents used as evidence. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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The writer details Carter's career, ending with his mitigated retirement.

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This program includes photographs and text concerning the yellow fever experiments, and Hench's autographed notes.

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Noguchi's paper on prophylaxis and serum therapy of yellow fever. Discusses isolation of Leptospira icteroides, as well as experiments, efficacy of serum therapy of yellow fever and vaccination against yellow fever.

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

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Hench lists questions he has for Kean.

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Hench supplies over one hundred detailed questions to Tate.

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Questions of the Day

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Warner writes about the unreported side of the yellow fever epidemic, including her own experiences during an 1878 outbreak in her hometown.

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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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Kean writes about the campaign against yellow fever.

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This report discusses control of debris and vegetation, fish stocking, and ditching. Pertinent state health laws are listed.