Diseases

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Robertson reports on plague distribution and speculates that its absence from cold climates is related to the absence of fleas in these areas.

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Byrd's paper discusses the control of mosquito breeding as the most effective way to reduce the incidence of malaria.

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 authors primarily discuss the treatment of malaria with quinine.

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Gill discusses the relation between malaria and altitude.

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Truby discusses the Yellow Fever Commission in response to Hench's questionnaire.

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This translation [from Sanskrit] of Blake's report details ancient references to yellow fever and transmission by mosquitos.

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Griffitts reports on the breeding of Anopheles in salt water, mainly in Virginia.

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Tate gives detailed answers to the questions asked by Hench, including information about the main characters involved in the yellow fever experiments, details on the army nurses, and rumors around the camp.

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 Yellow Fever--Increasing Mortality--Visit to the Hospital--Appearance of the Sick--The Weather, &c.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...

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This bibliography lists the articles on yellow fever and malaria written by Carter.

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This bill is meant to regulate the impounding of water.

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A biographical sketch, with corrections [by Laura Armistead Carter?], describes H.R. Carter's family, education, career, and character.

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This is a detailed account of Carter's public health work and associated study of yellow fever.

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Kosslow writes a succinct but vivid account of Walter Reed's life, dealing with his work on typhoid and yellow fever.

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The writer briefly discusses the content of Carter's "History of Yellow Fever."

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This review, by an unnamed critic, concentrates on the claims surrounding Gorgas' yellow fever work.

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Phalen's biographical sketch describes H.R. Carter's family, education, career, appearance, and personality.