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Letter from L. O. Howard to James Carroll, 1900 2 pages Box 21, Folder 72

Howard provides information to Carroll about a certain species of mosquito. Howard then asks Carroll to catch a species of mosquito for his own research, which is believed to have migrated to Cuba in slave ships years ago. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series III. Walter Reed, 1806/1955, bulk 1874/1936

Letter from L. O. Howard to Walter Reed, 1900 2 pages Box 22, Folder 2

Howard tries to resolve Reed's questions about the markings of the mosquitoes, but also states that there is still work to be done in the identifying process. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series III. Walter Reed, 1806/1955, bulk 1874/1936

Letter from L. O. Howard to Walter Reed, 1900 2 pages Box 22, Folder 11

Howard identifies the mosquito Reed is working as the Culex fasciatus. Howard appreciates answering Reed's questions and considers it a privilege. He then acknowledges receipt of Reed's report and informs Reed of his own upcoming publication. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series III. Walter Reed, 1806/1955, bulk 1874/1936

Letter from [Louise Young Kean] and Jefferson Randolph Kean to Mrs. Mason Young, 1900 12 pages Box 143, Folder 27

The Keans discuss social events among the army personnel and a move to new quarters. The postscript mentions the reaction of the popular press and the medical journals to the mosquito theory.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions, 1860/1965, bulk 1898/1965

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young, 1900 6 pages Box 143, Folder 29

Louise Kean writes that Jefferson Randolph Kean's stepmother is coming to Cuba. She describes the excitement over the first case of experimental yellow fever at Camp Lazear.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions, 1860/1965, bulk 1898/1965

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