Mosquitoes

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The report outlines special measures to screen passengers, including quarantine procedures and possible hospitalization.

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Carbonell describes Hench's investigations into the yellow fever experiments and the actual location of Camp Lazear. He praises Hench as a physician and a friend while advocating the support of Hench's plans by the Cuban government.

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Reed praises the service of Lazear and insists he died in the line of duty.

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The report argues in support of nominating Finlay and Agramonte for the Nobel Prize in Medicine. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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Wood attributes the mosquito theory principally to Walter Reed. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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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Vaughn describes possible yellow fever cases in Stann Creek, British Honduras. He includes fever charts of one case.

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In a numbered list, Hench names and identifies the figures in the Cornwell yellow fever painting.

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LePrince and Carter offer suggestions for the control of malaria on the plantations of the United Fruit Company.

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[Carter?] summarizes the progress of the work against yellow fever, considering the factors of pathology, mosquito control, and the causative organism.

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The writer reports on progress in yellow fever work. Pathology, mortality, sanitation measures, epidemiology and the locations of recent outbreaks are all mentioned.

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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The record card cites a request from Hunt for a copy of a photograph of Reed for use in a lecture “The Story of Two Mosquitoes.”

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[Carter] reports on the prevalence of mosquitoes along the Yadkin River.

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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Hanson reports on a yellow fever epidemic in Peru. The local newspaper is publishing articles denouncing his sanitary campaign.

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Reed states that cases of yellow fever are diagnosed and confirmed from his experiments, which proves the mosquito theory.

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Reed reports that there are four diagnosed cases of yellow fever within the period of incubation.

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This testimonial supports a petition to Congress for a pension for Mabel Lazear.

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This testimonial supports a petition to Congress for a pension for Mabel Lazear.