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Truby discusses the Yellow Fever Commission in response to Hench's questionnaire.

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:...

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This consent form includes the minimum age requirements, the limited liability of the Yellow Fever Commission, and the amount of money volunteers will receive.

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Rodriguez condemns a proposed presentation that claims Beauperthuy, not Finlay, first suggested the mosquito transmitted yellow fever.

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The American Association for Medical Progress briefly outlines the history of yellow fever and the Yellow Fever Commission, and concludes that animal experimentation is crucial in order to save human lives.

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:...

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...

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This consent form includes the minimum age requirements, the limited liability of the Yellow Fever Commission, and the amount of money volunteers shall receive.

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Reed announces the first proven case of yellow fever from a mosquito bite. The diagnosis of the case will be tested by experts.

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This letter contains Truby's recollections of the Yellow Fever Commission work and excerpts of his own history of the Yellow Fever Commission concerning Jesse W. Lazear.

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Agramonte thanks Kean for news of the pension bill, and expresses appreciation for Ireland's influence.

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Dean writes about the financial and physical condition of Kissinger (a yellow fever experiment patient) and discusses a pension bill for him in Congress.

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Dominguez attempts to prove that Carlos Finlay discovered the method of transmission of yellow fever.

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Ernst discusses difficulties involving Carnegie funding for the Kissingers.

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Kelly discusses the conflict between Carroll and Guiteras.

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Kelly requests permission to publish a letter from Carroll stating that Guiteras refused permission to take blood for the yellow fever experiments. Guiteras responds - in a autograph note on the same document - that he had no authority to permit or prevent Carroll from proceeding as he wished.

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Carroll comments on Kelly's manuscript. He corrects errors of fact, and objects to the attention given Reed to the detriment of himself, Lazear, and the rest of the Yellow Fever Commission.

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Kean is upset over Ames' claim that he had experimental yellow fever, which he knows is incorrect.

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

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Kean sends Agramonte a Congressional committee report on the yellow fever pension bill and gives his opinion in regards to compensation amounts. Kean also comments on the Rockefeller Foundation yellow fever work in West Africa.