Diseases

Kligler discusses Carter's theory on the origin of yellow fever.

Siler discusses the pension that the Walter Reed Memorial Association provides for Emilie Lawrence Reed.

Kibler requests an outline of Walter Reed's life, from Brooklyn to Cuba. He will send Emilie Lawrence Reed a photograph of the restored house in Belroi.

LePrince needs Carter's specifications for an anti-malaria campaign to use for a cost estimate to Congress. He sends Carter a copy of the letter that requests the estimate.

LePrince writes about organizing county interest in malaria control and sends a health department report.

Baker is sending Hench clippings of two articles that appeared in “Excelsior.” He regrets that the reporter published the articles without allowing Rojas and Baker check them, but thinks that the reporter explained cortisone use fairly well.

Peabody informs the Kissingers that a fund is being established for their support.

[Peabody] thanks Wainwright for his support of the bill to honor the yellow fever experiment participants. Peabody is delighted that Agramonte was included, and glad that Marie Gorgas was not.

Peabody urges support of a bill granting posthumous recognition to George Sherman Ward and a pension to his survivors, in recognition of Ward's part in James Carroll's typhoid experiment, in 1904.

Barnett sends Hench some reprints, noting that Reed inspired Barnett's own work in the field of malaria research.

Perry sends Carter to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, for anti-malaria work

Kean's writes about his surgery for cataracts and provides news of friends and acquaintances.

Kean promises that he will assist Hench in his research. He suggests that Hench contact Truby for more information.

In evaluating the Reed versus Finlay debate, Kean states that Reed converted a discredited hypothesis into an established doctrine.

Kean seeks information on J.F. Binnie, an old acquaintance and a patient in Truby's hospital.

Kean informs Hench that Truby's book will be published by the S.G.O. He also discusses various people who were or were not in Cuba during the yellow fever experiments.

Kean informs Agramonte that he would like to publish his recollections of the yellow fever experiments in "The Military Surgeon."

[Kean] informs Ellis about the military service of John R. Kissinger and gives details of Kissinger's participation in the yellow fever experiments. Included is a note by Truby. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Kean sends Magoon the report of the Chief Sanitary Officer of Cuba for the past year and comments extensively on sanitation and the yellow fever.

Kean describes the contributions and sacrifices that Lazear has made for science, and asks Sternberg to make a public statement about Lazear's death and his courage in life. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]