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Book review for William Crawford Gorgas: His Life and Work in the Journal of the American Medical Association  May 9, 1925 1 page Box 30, Folder 65

This review, which appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is critical of some of the accomplishments attributed to William Crawford Gorgas by Marie Gorgas and Hendrick.

  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 III. Walter Reed 1806-circa 1955 bulk 1874-1936
  4. Book reviews for William Crawford Gorgas: His Life and Work and clippings related to William Crawford Gorgas 1925-1949

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Albert E. Truby  June 29, 1938 1 page Box 34, Folder 66

Ravenel thanks Truby for the photograph. An autograph note by Truby identifies Ravenel as one of his professors at the University of Pennsylvania.

  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

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Hugh S. Cumming  October 27, 1925 3 pages Box 11, Folder 19

Ravenel discusses the influences of Henry Rose Carter's extrinsic incubation theory and Finlay's mosquito theory on Reed's work.

  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 II. Henry Rose Carter circa 1880-1932 bulk 1883-1932
  4. Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter October 1923

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean  October 1, 1925 1 page Box 62, Folder 69

Ravenel informs Kean that he has written a review of a biography of Carter for "The American Journal of Public Health."

  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 VII. Truby-Kean-Hench circa 1879-circa 1960 bulk 1900-1954
  4. Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean 1924-1926

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean  October 27, 1925 2 pages Box 62, Folder 69

Ravenel comments on factual errors in the Russell article about Gorgas' sanitation work.

  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 VII. Truby-Kean-Hench circa 1879-circa 1960 bulk 1900-1954
  4. Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean 1924-1926

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean  September 23, 1925 2 pages Box 62, Folder 69

Ravenel refers to an article by Russell concerning the sanitation campaign in Havana (1900). In an autograph note, [Kean] writes that Ravenel has misunderstood Russell.

  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 VII. Truby-Kean-Hench circa 1879-circa 1960 bulk 1900-1954
  4. Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean 1924-1926

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to William S. Thayer  April 26, 1926 2 pages Box 12, Folder 38

Ravenel writes that he doubts the influence of Carter's work on Reed. He believes Reed was inspired by Finlay.

  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 II. Henry Rose Carter circa 1880-1932 bulk 1883-1932
  4. Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter April 1926

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