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Letter from John R. Taylor to Philip Showalter Hench 4 pages Box 38, Folder 36

Taylor enjoyed Hench's "Conquest of Yellow Fever" and sees nothing in it to correct. He claims that Finlay wrote about the Aedes aegypti mosquito as a means of yellow fever transmission in 1881 and gave the method and technique for experimentation. He details his own involvement as a yellow fever volunteer.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from John R. Taylor to Philip Showalter Hench 1 page Box 38, Folder 39

Taylor thanks Hench for his letter. He is surprised to hear that Hench is studying the conquest of yellow fever. Taylor informs Hench that he took an active part in the experiments in Cuba.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench
  4. Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from John W. Hart to Philip Showalter Hench 2 pages Box 40, Folder 10

Hench discusses the Cornwell yellow fever painting and the response to it in the U.S. Hench wishes that she had uncovered more material from her father's papers, but he thanks her nonetheless for providing information about Agramonte's life in New Orleans and details of his death.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench
  4. Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from J.W. Crane to Philip Showalter Hench 1 page Box 38, Folder 1

Crane congratulates Hench on his article, "The Conquerors of Yellow Fever." He would like to secure a copy of Dean Cornwell's painting to add it to his collection dealing with Medical History.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench
  4. Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench 2 pages Box 61, Folder 15

Wood is delighted with the material Hench has sent her for her book on Reed. She comments on the differences between the stories of Kissinger and Moran. She is trying to piece together Reed's early career. She is grateful for his offer to review her manuscript.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
  3. Series VI. Alphabetical files
  4. Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench 1 page Box 61, Folder 15

Wood describes the notebook she examined at the New York Academy of Medicine, which is alleged to be Reed's. She thinks it is not Reed's notebook, but does find it interesting that the writer caught mosquitoes near a yellow fever outbreak in Havana and dissected them in the lab. She wonders if it is Lazear's.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
  3. Series VI. Alphabetical files
  4. Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

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