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Letter from Alberto Recio to Philip Showalter Hench  April 22, 1941 2 pages Box 38, Folder 41

Recio praises Hench for his historical research on the yellow fever story. He enthusiastically supports the memorialization of the Camp Lazear site and feels it will be greatly appreciated by future generations. He offers to enlist the support of high Cuban government officials.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection circa 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench circa 1850-circa 1966 bulk 1937-1960
  4. Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench with Alberto Recio 1941

Letter from Alberto Recio to Philip Showalter Hench  August 7, 1941 1 page Box 38, Folder 41

Recio informs Hench that he was able to locate the requested booklet and will send it to him. He plans to have an accurate survey made of the old Camp Lazear site.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection circa 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench circa 1850-circa 1966 bulk 1937-1960
  4. Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench with Alberto Recio 1941

Letter from Alberto Recio to Philip Showalter Hench  December 13, 1941 1 page Box 38, Folder 41

Recio thanks Hench for some reprints on the transmission of yellow fever and a copy of Cornwell's painting. He believes that the discovery belongs to Finlay but that the glory should be shared with the American Commission who confirmed his findings.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection circa 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench circa 1850-circa 1966 bulk 1937-1960
  4. Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench with Alberto Recio 1941

Letter from Alberto Recio to Philip Showalter Hench  January 16, 1942 1 page Box 39, Folder 6

Recio informs Hench that the survey of the Camp Lazear site has been delayed, but that the Cuban Minister of Defense still supports the memorial.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection circa 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench circa 1850-circa 1966 bulk 1937-1960
  4. Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench January 1942

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 Collection circa 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench circa 1850-circa 1966 bulk 1937-1960
  4. Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench January 1953

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