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University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library

Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
University of Virginia Health System
P.O. Box 800722
1350 Jefferson Park Avenue
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
Primary Collecting Areas:
History of the University of Virginia Health System, Health Sciences in Virginia and the U.S. South, Anatomy, Yellow Fever, and Public Health
Description:
The Claude Moore Health Sciences Library is home to the University of Virginia's collection of rare and unique resources documenting the history of the health sciences.
POC: Amanda Greenwood
Phone: (434) 924-0052
Phone: (434) 982-0576
Phone: (434) 924-5444
Start Over Repository University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library Subjects Tropical medicine

Extracts fromAn Account of Dr. Louis-Daniel Beauperthuy: A Pioneer in Yellow Fever Research, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, by Aristides Agramonte andMosquito or Man?, by Sir Robert Boyce June 11, 1908 5 pages Box 29, Folder 40

The extracts from Agramonte's article detail Beauperthuy's work with mosquitos as disease vectors. The extracts from Boyce's report [in French] also deal with mosquitos and their connections to yellow fever.

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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

Finlay Acusado Injustamente De Usurpador De Beauperthuy Por Un Profesor Venezolano, by Cesar Rodriguez Exposito 1954 5 pages Box 47, Folder 31

Rodriquez Exposito fights for the truth in the Finlay - Beauperthuy controversy.

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  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. Finlay Acusado Injustamente de Usurpador de Beauperthuy por un Profesor Venezolano, by Cesar Rodriguez Exposito with English translation1954

Gust E. Lambert - Yellow Fever Nurse, by Paul L. Tate circa 1954 1 page Box 47, Folder 32

[Tate] gives a brief account of Lambert's achievements as a sailor and nurse.

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  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. Essays and letters by Paul L. Tate relating to the yellow fever experiments1954

History of Case and Notes of Post-Mortem Conducted on the Body of Garuba - Camp-Master, by D. Fitzgerald Moore circa December 1923 2 pages Box 13, Folder 32

Moore submits a case history and post-mortem report on a Nigerian who died of a fever.

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  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

I Became a Guinea Pigan episode fromBig Moments in a Little Life  circa 1940-1955 17 pages Box 65, Folder 10

Andrus describes the work of the Yellow Fever Board and his role as a volunteer. He provides exacting lists of his fellow volunteers and their cases of yellow fever.

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  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

Inoculacion por los Mosquitos - Entrevista con el Consul Espanol, La Discusion  November 22, 1900 1 page Box 22, Folder 10

In this article, taken from La Discusion (November 22, 1900 - page 1), the Spanish ambassador is interviewed regarding the rumor of human experimentation by the Yellow Fever Commission.

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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
  4. Articles on yellow feverNovember 21, 1900

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