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Found in 827 Collections and/or Records:

Walter Reed & Yellow Fever. Chronology of the Yellow Fever Work in Cuba,  circa 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 61
Identifier: 02561001
Scope and Contents

This is an outline, organized chronologically, of Kean's experience with the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  circa 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Walter Reed's Human Guinea Pigs (By One of Them),  circa 1930-1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03712001
Scope and Contents

This is a series of partial manuscripts detailing the yellow fever experiments. Topics include the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor, Moran's role in the experiments, the controversy concerning Reed's and Finlay's contributions to the conquest of yellow fever, and Moran's experiences at the University of Virginia.

Dates:  circa 1930-1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Walter Reed's Human Guinea Pigs (By One of Them)with note

What the Engineer Can and Should Do Toward Prevention of Malaria and Mosquito Nuisances, by Joseph A. LePrince,  September 1, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11
Identifier: 01211001
Scope and Contents

LePrince reports on the role of the engineer in regards to malaria prevention.

Dates:  September 1, 1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Why Walter Reed General Hospital Was Named and Located as It Is: An Address to Student Nurses, by P.M. Ashburn,  February 4, 1929

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 72
Identifier: 03172001
Scope and Contents

Ashburn's speech to an audience of student nurses is an overview of Reed's life and work. The piece includes an excerpt from the Surgeon General's report, 1900.

Dates:  February 4, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

'X' Marks the Spot, a speech given by Philip Showalter Hench at the New Fellows Banquet for the Mayo Foundation House,  January 20, 1955

 Item — Box 48: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04801001
Scope and Contents

[Hench] discusses his experiences in visiting sites where outstanding medical developments took place or where famous individuals lived or are buried. He includes an account of the yellow fever experiments. The speech was given at the New Fellows Banquet at the Mayo Foundation House.

Dates:  January 20, 1955
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Drafts and notes for'X' Marks the Spot, a speech given by Philip Showalter Hench at the New Fellows Banquet at the Mayo Foundation House

Yellow Fever and Smallpox Table: Mortalidad de las Viruelas y de Fiebre Amarilla,  circa 1879

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 20
Identifier: 06220005
Scope and Contents

This table charts deaths from smallpox and yellow fever in Havana, from 1870-1879.

Dates:  circa 1879
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letter from Jose Ramos to Jefferson Randolph Kean with mortality chart

Yellow Fever Experiments,  September 2, 1901

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 10
Identifier: N6310075
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:  September 2, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench with related newspaper clippings