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Transcript of Philip Showalter Hench's interview of Jefferson Randolph Kean June 5, 1946 19 pages Box 64, Folder 9

Kean provides his recollections of the Yellow Fever Commission, in response to Hench's questions.

  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. Philip Showalter Hench's questions for Jefferson Randolph Kean and Kean's answersJune 5, 1946

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

Translation [from French] of a medical report from 1st Class Chief Physician to the Lieutenant Governor at Dahomey June 23, 1923 3 pages Box 11, Folder 8

This is a medical report on the outbreak of yellow fever in Benin, West Africa. It details the measures taken to prevent further cases.

  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

Translation [from Spanish] and transcription ofVisitaron la Caseta Donde Laboro Finlay Diario de la Marina  April 19, 1947 1 page Box 41, Folder 30

This Cuban newspaper article describes the visit of Cuban officials and Moran to the Camp Lazear site. Building No. 1 has been named a national monument.

  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. Copies and transcriptions ofVisitaron la Caseta Donde Laboro Finlay April 1947

Translation [from Spanish] of letter from Francisco Dominguez to Philip Showalter Hench December 9, 1941 1 page Box 38, Folder 39

Dominguez sends Hench a copy of his address at the meeting of the School of Medicine of Havana University, held in honor of Matas.

  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. Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter HenchDecember 1941

Translation [from Spanish] ofRincon Olvidado, Horizontes Medicos  circa June 1944 2 pages Box 40, Folder 50

This article, originally published in "Horizontes Medicos," describes the history of Camp Lazear and the confirmation of Finlay's mosquito theory. The translation was made by Moran.

  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. Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear1944

Translation [from Spanish] of speech by Alberto Recio for the inauguration of Parque Lazear in Cuba December 3, 1952 5 pages Box 46, Folder 3

Recio' speech details the experiments of the Yellow Fever Commission at Camp Lazear and praises Finlay for first proposing the mosquito theory. He describes Hench's research and the actions taken by the Board of Patrons in creating the memorial.

  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. Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter HenchJanuary 1953

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