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Hench provides a detailed account of the restoration and the dedication of Camp Lazear, as well as the social events following the ceremony. In two addendums he describes the Reed-Finlay controversy, Cuban newspaper articles on the dedication, and the political maneuvering involved in establishing the memorial.

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Carter describes the effect of impounded water level variation on the control of Anopheles breeding, reviewing work done by himself and others in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama.

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The unknown author describes the settlement for lepers that Carter established in Panama.

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Saleeby writes about the epidemic that afflicted Columbia Barracks in late 1899 and describes the symptoms of the disease.

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...

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[Hanson] suggests details for Dunn's investigation of mosquitoes.

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Carter reports on the breeding habits of the Anopheles mosquito.

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Truby, by examining the stubs of the checkbook used to disburse funds at Camp Lazear, analyzes the cost of the yellow fever experiments. He produces a figure of $6,500.

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Geddings' discussion of the treatment of yellow fever includes baths, purgatives, coal-tar products, cocaine, carbonated beverages, perchloride of iron, ice, counter-irritation, tisane of orange leaves, enemas, and quinine. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Scope and Contents The Sally H. Thomas papers (1968-2010; 76 cubic feet) document the political career of Sally H. Thomas as a member of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, as well as a member of the Albemarle County School Board. The materials in this collection mainly consist of Albemarle County Board of Supervisors correspondence, reports, budgets, site plans and maps, city-planning documents and publications, and related printed materials. Some of the topics emphasized are conservation, rural...

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Hanson writes about the reason for coming to Peru, the conditions found on his arrival, and the difficulties encountered. He discusses the various diseases identified and the causes of the general sanitary problems. Hanson presents remedies for the present conditions and discusses the possibility of the public and the Peruvian government accepting foreign aide.

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This is a medical report on the outbreak of yellow fever in Benin, West Africa. It details the measures taken to prevent further cases.

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This report of death lists pertinent details concerning the deceased.

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Colonel Edwin C. Mason rates Reed's characteristics as very good and excellent. However, under scientific attainments Mason writes, “nothing special.” [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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...

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...

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...

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...

Scope and Contents The Robert L. Vickery papers (0.5 cubic feet) consists of essays, recollections, research, sketches, and talk lectures of Robert L. Vickery from 1970 to 2010 while he was an architect and professor at the University of Virgina. There are essays on architecture and learning, a grant proposal about architecture in Japan and America, his recollections from 1970 to 2010, his research on Thomas Jefferson architecture, and a resume of Vickery's work.Works mentioned in the...

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