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Mosquitoes

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 991 Collections and/or Records:

Extract fromDr. Osler's Address on "The Nation and the Tropics" and Dr. Finlay, by Juan Guiteras,  April 1910

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 71
Identifier: 02971001
Scope and Contents

This extract, by Guiteras, discusses Finlay's work on yellow fever and his association with the U.S. Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  April 1910

Extracts from an article by Albert E. Truby,  circa 1930-1945

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: 03713001
Scope and Contents

Truby describes his experiences and observations in Cuba from 1898-1902, focusing on Lazear's story.

Dates:  circa 1930-1945

Extracts fromAn Account of Dr. Louis-Daniel Beauperthuy: A Pioneer in Yellow Fever Research,Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, by Aristides Agramonte andMosquito or Man?, by Sir Robert Boyce,  June 11, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 40
Identifier: 02940001
Scope and Contents

The extracts from Agramonte's article detail Beauperthuy's work with mosquitos as disease vectors. The extracts from Boyce's report [in French] also deal with mosquitos and their connections to yellow fever.

Dates:  June 11, 1908

Extracts of letters from Jefferson Randolph Kean to James E. Peabody,  September 22 & October 1, 1928

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 72
Identifier: 06272037
Scope and Contents

Kean comments on photos to be used by Peabody in his article and supplies Moran's address. He has a high opinion of Moran.

Dates:  September 22 & October 1, 1928

Fever chart A for John J. Moran,  December 24, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 56
Identifier: 02256001
Scope and Contents

Fever chart A ends on January 2, 1901.

Dates:  December 24, 1900

Fever chart "B" for John J. Moran, December 24, 1900-January 3, 1901

 Item — Box 70: Series uva-lib:2230196, Folder: 2 [oversize]
Identifier: 07002001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VIII. Miscellany consists of oversize and miscellaneous materials in the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed yellow fever collection that were, for various reasons, not included in any of the other series in the collection. Items in this series date from around 1849 to 1982 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1885 to 1974. These materials include, but are not limited to the following: informed...
Dates: December 24, 1900-January 3, 1901

Fever chart for Beceinte Precido,  December 15, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 44
Identifier: 02244001
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:  December 15, 1900

Fever chart for Charles G. Sonntag,  May 30, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 39
Identifier: 02439001
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:  May 30, 1901

Fever chart for Clara Louise Maass,  August 14, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02528001
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:  August 14, 1901

Fever chart for John R. Kissinger,  December 8, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 30
Identifier: 02230001
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:  December 8, 1900

Fever chart of Clyde L. West,  February 3, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 33
Identifier: 02433001
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 3, 1901

Fever chart of James L. Hanberry,  February 9, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 38
Identifier: 02438001
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 9, 1901

Fiction and Yellow Fever. Charles Brockden Brown, the Father of Our Novelists, and His Lurid Stories,Boston Evening Transcript,  February 26, 1910

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 69
Identifier: N2969001
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 26, 1910

Fiebre Amarilla: Instrucciones Populares Para Evitar Su Transmision y Propagacion,  December 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 25
Identifier: 02925001
Scope and Contents

This pamphlet details preventative measures against yellow fever, especially the control of mosquitos.

Dates:  December 1907

Field Note No. 14: Pine Trees in Relation to Mosquito Production, by the U.S. Public Health Service,  May 23, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 1
Identifier: 01101001
Scope and Contents

The writer discusses the influence of pine trees on mosquito production.

Dates:  May 23, 1923

Following the Wandering Trail of the Conquerors of Yellow Fever, by Philip Showalter Hench, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 38
Identifier: uva-lib:2229150
Scope and Contents

In this outline, Hench lists and describes sites associated with the conquerors of yellow fever located in and near Havana. One list arranges the sites in chronological sequence, the other in geographical sequence.

Dates: 1954

Following the Wandering Trail of the Conquerors of Yellow Fever, by Philip Showalter Hench, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04733001
Scope and Contents

In this outline, Hench lists and describes sites associated with the conquerors of yellow fever located in and near Havana. One list arranges the sites in chronological sequence, the other in geographical sequence.

Dates: 1954

Fragment of a statement regarding Walter Reed,  circa 1904

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 37
Identifier: 02737001
Scope and Contents

Kean states that Reed did not give up his life demonstrating the mosquito theory. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  circa 1904

Fragment ofReport of the Surgeon General of the Army to the Secretary of War for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1903,  June 30, 1903

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 11
Identifier: 02711001
Scope and Contents

O'Reilly reports about the state of yellow fever in the United States and foreign territories, and claims that it will not be a factor for health concerns in the future. He also includes a chart which details the admissions of important diseases by months for 1902. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  June 30, 1903