Manuscript fragment: My Date with Walter Reed and Yellow Jack , by John J. Moran  circa 1940-1960

Containers:

Box 60, Folder 13

Creator:

Moran, John J. (John Joseph), 1876-1950

Scope and content:

This partial manuscript of Moran's autobiography describes his early life, military career, service as a sanitary inspector under Gorgas in Panama, marriage, and business ventures. He discusses his relationship with Hench and their search for the actual site of Camp Lazear, as well as the difficulties stemming from the Reed-Finlay controversy. The section of the draft covering the yellow fever experiments is missing.

Language:

English

Subjects:

Armed Forces
Courtship
Diseases
Education
Government
Human Experimentation
Interpersonal relations
Military Medicine
Mosquitoes
Physicians
Popular culture
Public health
Social history
Yellow fever
biographies (documents)

Names:

Moran, John J. (John Joseph), 1876-1950

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