Mosquitoes

Bauvallet reports on the use of Noguchi serum and vaccine to treat yellow fever cases in Bassam, Ivory Coast.

Seguin reports on the use of Noguchi serum and vaccine in French West Africa, and discusses its prophylactic value.

These are Public Health Service specifications for impounded waters in malarial areas; autograph notes added.

[Carter?] discusses the history of malaria in England.

Havard reports on the claims of Caldas and Bellingaghi that they discovered a preventative and curative serum for yellow fever. Havard is skeptical because Caldas does not provide any information regarding his process of isolation and culture. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Horlbeck concludes in this report to the American Public Health Association that the bacillus icteroides, discovered by Sanarelli, is the cause of yellow fever.

Snidow details malaria investigations in Virginia.

This report details the Army's mosquito control operations around Camp Meade, Maryland.

This report documents yellow fever cases in the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902.

O'Reilly reports on the cases of yellow fever in the Army, and is concerned about the transmission of the disease from Mexico into Texas.

Griffitts describes a house-to-house search to determine the number and type of mosquitoes, as well as the number of people stricken with malaria.

[Carter] proposes that the International Health Commission carry out an experiment involving the control of malarial mosquitoes. He includes a detailed procedure for such an experiment.

This report is a detailed account of the yellow fever epidemic in French West Africa, including information on control measures, vaccinotherapy, serotherapy, and experimental findings.

This report discusses the probable origin of yellow fever in Africa.

Carter discusses needed mosquito-control work in Guayaquil and the endemic focus of yellow fever. He believes that the local population will cooperate, and so work should proceed. The city should be provided with a proper water supply to ensure continued success of the work.

This report describes the route and the outbreak of malaria on the steamship “Garth Castle.”

Carroll gives a detailed report about his involvement with the yellow fever project in Cuba and the necessity of having human volunteers. He also provides a listing of his publications. Included are notes by Truby. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Kissinger describes the yellow fever experiments and comments on the men involved. He also describes the experience of suffering from yellow fever and the treatment for the disease. Kissinger remarks on inaccuracies in the play "Yellow Jack." He maintains that he volunteered before Moran.

Dunn reports on his survey of the city of Barranquilla.

Thompson reports on the sanitary condition of the water supply in Great Britain. Barber provides information regarding malarial conditions in Louisiana. LePrince discusses mosquito control efforts in Tennessee and Alabama.