Diseases

White comments on the unusual yellow fever case of seaman Cose. White reports on the Mexican yellow fever work.

Porter thanks Carter for his educational malaria pamphlet for children.

Castro describes a 1904 history of Las Animas Hospital, by Barnet and Guiteras.

Guiteras sends Carter a copy of his extensive report to Gorgas concerning a Barbados epidemic.

Guiteras responds to negative publicity about sanitary work in Panama. He states that neglect of mosquito work in the American South is the result of “moneyed interests”. He offers favorable recollections of Walter Reed.

[Guiteras] reports to Gorgas on a Barbados epidemic, which he suspects may be yellow fever.

Maxcy is glad that Carter is recovering. He discusses the difficulties of distinguishing between re-infection and relapse in malaria, and encloses tables on Coogle's research.

Howard responds to Reed's most recent letter, and discusses the notion of insects affecting both humans and domestic animals. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Howard congratulates Reed on the success of his work and mentions he will quote Reed's work favorably in his upcoming lectures. He asks Reed to use care in saying anything about his connection with the kerosene remedy. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Woodward states that a passenger was taken on board ship. He describes the patient's symptoms, care, and subsequent death at Las Animas Hospital of malaria.

Reed enthusiastically describes the ceremony to award the Finlay Medals and expresses regret that Hench could not attend.

[Laura Carter] writes that Henry Carter believes that parasites do not develop in mosquitoes below 61 degrees . He believes last year's cases of malaria were caused by females that had been hibernating.

Carter asks ifThe Practice of Medicine in the Tropics, with her father's section on yellow fever, has gone to press. Her father has finished yellow fever work in Peru, but Laura Eugenia Cook Carter, his wife, has died.

Laura Carter informs Russell of her progress on her father's book and reports that she has heard from Ramsey and Hayne regarding the International Health Board work.

[Laura Carter] sends Cumming a list of Henry Carter's articles at the Army Medical Museum.

Laura Carter sends her cousin Myron biographical material on Henry Carter, claiming that his work helped to determine the direction of Reed's.

Laura Carter writes that she is thankful the work on her father's book is complete. She comments on her financial situation and her health.

Blincoe provides recollections of Walter Reed as a youth. She gives the family genealogy and a description of the house in Gloucester County, Virginia, where Reed was born.

Wood is sending Hench the last third of her manuscript and asks for his comments. She questions why Reed would have needed information about the insect host theory from both Carter and Lazear. She comments on meeting Blossom Reed.

Wood has received oral permission from Blossom Reed to examine copies of Walter Reed's letters, which are in Hench's possession.