Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Philip Showalter Hench January 23, 1941

Containers:

Box 63, Folder 1

Creator:

Kean, Jefferson Randolph, 1860-1950

Extent:

16 pages

Scope and content:

Kean comments on the controversy over Agramonte's role in the mosquito work. He answers, in detail, questions based on Hench's reading of Kean's diary. He emphasizes that Reed never told him Lazear's infection was experimental. He believes Lazear's careful records enabled Reed to understand the yellow fever incubation period.

Language:

English

Subjects:

Armed Forces
Health boards
Diseases
Human Experimentation
Interpersonal relations
Military Medicine
Mosquitoes
Popular culture
Social history
Yellow fever
letters (correspondence)

Names:

Kean, Jefferson Randolph, 1860-1950

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