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Start Over Collection Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974 Subjects Health boards

Surgeon General's office record card for Walter Reed1901 2 pages Box 25, Folder 69

The record card explains Walter Reed's leave of absence for 1901, with reference to an unexplained absence from his post as member of the Army Medical Examining Board. The report also states that Reed is personally and professionally humiliated by this inquiry. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

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  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series III. Walter Reed1806-circa 1955 bulk 1874-1936

Text of speech Jefferson Randolph Kean gave upon the receipt of the Gorgas Medal December 15, 1942 2 pages Box 63, Folder 9

Kean discusses the “warfare” against the mosquito.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series VII. Truby-Kean-Henchcirca 1879-circa 1960 bulk 1900-1954
  4. Text of speech Jefferson Randolph Kean gave upon receiving the Gorgas Medal with related newspaper clippingsDecember 15, 1942-December 16, 1942

The Chance of the Extension of Yellow Fever to Asia and Australia, by Henry Rose Carter circa 1923 29 pages Box 11, Folder 4

Carter describes locations where yellow fever is present and discusses the chance of the disease spreading to non-infected areas of the world, mainly by ship.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series II. Henry Rose Cartercirca 1880-1932 bulk 1883-1932
  4. Letter from Henry Rose Carter to J.H.L. Cumpston with articleJune 16, 1923

The Conquest of Yellow Fever -- An Illustrated Talk, by Philip Showalter Hench January 31, 1955 31 pages Box 48, Folder 2

Hench gives a history of yellow fever and the investigation done by Finlay.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Henchcirca 1850-circa 1966 bulk 1937-1960
  4. Drafts ofThe Conquest of Yellow Fever--An Illustrated Talk, by Philip Showalter HenchJanuary 31, 1955

The Conquest of Yellow Fever: Memorandum by Dr. Philip S. Hench, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. After a Visit to Havana, Cuba, April 1940  August 20, 1940 36 pages Box 35, Folder 45

Summary of Hench's research and trip to Havana, Cuba, with various autograph notes, memorandum, and addendum.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Henchcirca 1850-circa 1966 bulk 1937-1960
  4. Drafts ofThe Conquest of Yellow Fever: Memorandum by Dr. Philip S. Hench, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. After a Visit to Havana, Cuba, April 1940  August 20, 1940

The Conquest of Yellow Fever: Memorandum by Dr. Philip S. Hench, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. After a Visit to Havana, Cuba, April 1940  August 20, 1940 37 pages Box 35, Folder 45

Summary of Hench's research and trip to Havana, Cuba, with various autograph notes, memorandum, and addendum.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Henchcirca 1850-circa 1966 bulk 1937-1960
  4. Drafts ofThe Conquest of Yellow Fever: Memorandum by Dr. Philip S. Hench, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. After a Visit to Havana, Cuba, April 1940  August 20, 1940

The Etiology of Yellow Fever--a Preliminary Note, The Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Public Health Association  October 23, 1900 17 pages Box 21, Folder 54

Reed presents this report on yellow fever to the American Public Health Association.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series III. Walter Reed1806-circa 1955 bulk 1874-1936

The Scientific Experiments in Cuba in 1900-1901 by the Walter Reed Board with Special Emphasis on the Cost of the Experiments to the United States Government  July 1, 1953 19 pages Box 65, Folder 6

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.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series VII. Truby-Kean-Henchcirca 1879-circa 1960 bulk 1900-1954

Transcription of Philip Showalter Hench's interview of Gustaf E. Lambert June 21, 1946 25 pages Box 60, Folder 2

Hench interviews Lambert regarding his participation in the care of the yellow fever patients at Camp Lazear. He poses questions concerning buildings at the site as well as people involved in the yellow fever experiments. Lambert believes that Ames should be included on the Roll of Honor.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series VI. Alphabetical filescirca 1860-circa 1966 bulk 1940-1956

Transcript of Philip Showalter Hench's interview with Jefferson Randolph Kean May 8, 1941 13 pages Box 63, Folder 3

Hench's interview deals with myriad topics, including: Moran and Kissinger, locations of hospitals and living quarters, the X.Y. case, Kean's case of yellow fever, and the discovery that someone had removed all the papers from Reed's desk after his death.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series VII. Truby-Kean-Henchcirca 1879-circa 1960 bulk 1900-1954
  4. Transcript and notes from Philip Showalter Hench's interview with Jefferson Randolph Kean concerning the yellow fever experimentsMay 8, 1941

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