Diseases

Hurd shares his recollections of Walter Reed at Johns Hopkins and later.

Hurd writes with suggestions for changes to Kelly's manuscript on the life of Walter Reed.

Carter requests to know what was said at the malaria conference concerning mosquito breeding in wells and containers.

Carter, Jr., comments on various topics including the California plague, the Surgeon General appointment, and family members.

Carter explains the connection between his father and Walter Reed.

[Carter] believes that human “carriers” of yellow fever, without symptoms, do not exist. He feels that Caldwell's case must involve either a human with undiagnosed yellow fever or an erroneous diagnosis of yellow fever.

Carter critiques Mayne's manuscript on the Anopheles mosquito.

[Carter] asks Stiles if the cattle fever tick is becoming acclimated to colder climates.

Carter writes about his health and his history of yellow fever. He discusses the possibility of eradicating yellow fever entirely. He mentions working in West Africa in the future.

[Carter] responds to Scannell's critique of his epidemiology paper.

Carter thanks Scannell for his critique of Carter's epidemiology paper and states that Scannell will find well-educated physicians in Brazil.

Carter provides camp and family news.

Carter writes that he has returned home, but has contracted malaria.

Carter discusses family and work news.

Carter provides family news and discusses his land in Florida.

Carter discusses quarantine procedures.

Carter describes his newborn son and mentions his wife and daughter.

Carter discusses his new post and family news.

Carter expresses regret that he will not be able to hear Whitmore present his paper. He discusses the difficulty of yellow fever diagnosis and recommends a pathologist for yellow fever work.

Carter writes to Read that he believes the West African case was not yellow fever.