Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed December 31, 1900

Containers:

Box 22, Folder 62

Creator:

Reed, Walter, 1851-1902

Extent:

10 pages

Scope and content:

This is the famous New Year's Eve letter. Reed's toothache requires cocaine treatment. Reed comments on La Roche's Yellow Fever (1853), and his own role in the historic discovery. He hears taps sound for the old year, and celebrations for New Year's Day. He requests orders to return to the United States in six weeks.

Language:

English

Subjects:

Government
Human Experimentation
Mosquitoes
Popular culture
Religion
Social history
letters (correspondence)

Names:

Reed, Walter, 1851-1902

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