Confidential Memorandum of Trip to Cuba, March 2-11, 1948 , by Philip Showalter Hench with annotations by Albert E. Truby  circa March 1948

Containers:

Box 42, Folder 8

Creator:

Hench, Philip S. (Philip Showalter), 1896-1965 and Truby, Albert E. (Albert Ernest), 1871-1954

Extent:

29 pages

Scope and content:

Hench discusses, in detail, his trip to Cuba. He writes that Moran and Nogueira were of great help to him. Moran stated that he was the first to volunteer for the experiments. Hench describes his visit to Camp Lazear, the Finca San Jose, Camp Columbia, Las Animas Hospital, General Wood's old headquarters, the site of the 1901 Pan-American Medical Congress, Finlay's home, and the Finlay Institute.

Language:

English

Subjects:

Armed Forces
Health boards
Education
Government
Human Experimentation
Mosquitoes
Popular culture
Religion
Social history
Yellow fever
reports

Names:

Hench, Philip S. (Philip Showalter), 1896-1965
Truby, Albert E. (Albert Ernest), 1871-1954

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