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Camp Columbia Fever Epidemic, by Najeem M. Saleeby, 1899 14 pages Box 19, Folder 41

Saleeby describes in detail a fever epidemic at Columbia Barracks, Cuba. He asks for the Surgeon General's opinion on the diagnosis. [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
  4. Report of Camp Columbia fever epidemic by Najeem M. Saleeby with letters, 1899

Efficiency report for Walter Reed, 1899 Box 19, Folder 48

Reed's efficiency report is for the year 1899. Included is a report that gives an account of Reed's services from November 1, 1898 to May 10, 1899. He is noted to be an expert pathologist and bacteriologist. [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
  4. Military records relating to Walter Reed, 1899

Jesse W. Lazear's album of photographs from Cuba and his boyhood home, "Windsor", 1899/1900 1 page Box 78, Folder 57

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IX. Photographs, 1846/1966, bulk 1870/1960
  4. Photographs of Jesse W. Lazear and his family; John R. Kissinger; Levi E. Folk; William C. Gorgas; Warren G. Jernegan; Jefferson Randolph Kean; Howard A. Kelly; and building related to Walter Reed, 1860/1960

Letter from Aristides Agramonte to George Miller Sternberg, 1899 5 pages Box 19, Folder 8

Agramonte informs Sternberg that during the past several weeks there have been very few cases of yellow fever from which he could obtain material for research. Attached to the letter is a note by Truby stating that Agramonte and Carroll assisted Reed in the lab in 1898.

  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 George Miller Sternberg to the Adjutant General, 1899 1 page Box 19, Folder 9

Sternberg recommends that Reed go to Havana, Cuba, to make a sanitary inspection of the camps, barracks, and hospitals near Puerto Principe, with particular attention to the prevalence of typhoid fever.

  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 George Miller Sternberg to Walter Reed, 1899 2 pages Box 19, Folder 10

Sternberg directs Reed to inspect the camps, barracks, and hospitals occupied by U.S. troops in the vicinity of Puerto Principe, Cuba, and to make any necessary recommendations for improvement. He is to report on the prevalence of typhoid or other infectious diseases.

  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

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