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'X' Marks the Spot, a speech given by Philip Showalter Hench at the New Fellows Banquet for the Mayo Foundation House, 1955 16 pages Box 48, Folder 1

[Hench] discusses his experiences in visiting sites where outstanding medical developments took place or where famous individuals lived or are buried. He includes an account of the yellow fever experiments. The speech was given at the New Fellows Banquet at the Mayo Foundation House.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench, 1850/1966, bulk 1837/1960
  4. Drafts and notes for'X' Marks the Spot, a speech given by Philip Showalter Hench at the New Fellows Banquet at the Mayo Foundation House, 1955

Yellow Fever, 1920/1930 4 pages Box 31, Folder 42

The American Association for Medical Progress briefly outlines the history of yellow fever and the Yellow Fever Commission, and concludes that animal experimentation is crucial in order to save human lives.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series III. Walter Reed, 1806/1955, bulk 1874/1936
  4. Articles and pamphlets relating to pensions for participants in the yellow fever experiments, 1928

Yellow Fever and Smallpox Table: Mortalidad de las Viruelas y de Fiebre Amarilla, 1879 1 page Box 62, Folder 20

This table charts deaths from smallpox and yellow fever in Havana, from 1870-1879.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench, 1879/1960, bulk 1900/1954
  4. Letter from Jose Ramos to Jefferson Randolph Kean with mortality chart, 1907

Yellow Fever: Fifth Zone, North West Coast of Mexico, 1919-1922, 1923 30 pages Box 10, Folder 16

This is a detailed report on yellow fever work in Mexico. Topics discussed include: the history of yellow fever in the area, recent epidemics and public health efforts at mosquito control and vaccination.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series II. Henry Rose Carter, 1880/1932, bulk 1883/1932
  4. Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter with report, 1923

Yellow Fever: Hearing before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, Part 1, 1928 24 pages Box 31, Folder 51

This document contains discussion regarding the placement of names of individuals involved in the yellow fever experiments on the rolls of the war department and providing pensions to the survivors or widows of those involved. Support for the bill includes statements by Peabody, Ireland, Kean, and representatives from Congress and the Smithsonian.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series III. Walter Reed, 1806/1955, bulk 1874/1936

Yellow fever hospital, Siboney, Cuba, 1898 1 page Box 77, Folder 47

Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IX. Photographs, 1846/1966, bulk 1870/1960
  4. Photographs relating toConquerors of Yellow Fever, by Dean Cornwell; Camp Columbia; sites in Cuba and miscellaneous subjects relating to the yellow fever experiments, 1898/1948

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