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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 827 Collections and/or Records:

English translation [from French] of letter from [s.n.] Seguin to the Medical Inspector,  October 31, 1922

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124011
Scope and Contents

Seguin reports on possible yellow fever deaths and public health response in French West Africa.

Dates:  October 31, 1922

English translation [from Spanish] of the introduction to Philip Showalter Hench's presentation at the Conference on Vitamins and Nutrition in Havana,  1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04420009
Scope and Contents

In an introduction to Hench's presentation at a Havana conference, [Castillo] gives an overview of Hench's Nobel prize winning research on arthritis and cortisone. See Spanish original.

Dates:  1952

Essay by William H. Welch concerning Walter Reed's work at Johns Hopkins University,  circa 1900-1930

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 1
Identifier: 01801001
Scope and Contents

Welch extensively describes Reed's work at Johns Hopkins.

Dates:  circa 1900-1930

Excerpts fromA History of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878, by J.M. Keating,  1879

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 28
Identifier: 03328003

Excerpts fromGeorge Miller Sternberg: A Biography, by Martha L. Sternberg,  1920

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 56
Identifier: 03056001
Scope and Contents

This document includes excerpts from Sternberg's biography of her husband's involvement with tropical diseases, including yellow fever.

Dates:  1920

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

Fever chart and autopsy report for William Neary,  1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 23
Identifier: 01923001
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:  1899

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 James Carroll,  August 31, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 7
Identifier: 02107001
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 31, 1900

Fever chart for Jefferson Randolph Kean,  June 21, 1900

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06202001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench primarily consists of materials relating to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1879 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1900 to 1954. These items include, but are not limited to the following: correspondence of...
Dates:  June 21, 1900

Fever chart for Jesse W. Lazear, September 19, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 47
Identifier: 00347001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates: September 19, 1900

Fever chart for John H. Andrus,  January 28, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02431001
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:  January 28, 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 for Robert M. O'Reilly,  October 14, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 37
Identifier: 01937001
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:  October 14, 1899