Walter Reed papers, 1888-1972.

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Walter Reed papers, 1888-1972.

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Correspondence, reports, orders, illustrations, and blueprints. Much of the material pertains to the study and prevention of typhoid fever. Correspondents include William P. Duvall, R.M. O'Reilly, and George Miller Sternberg. E.O. Shakespeare and Victor C. Vaughan are joint authors with Reed of some reports. Contains typescript copies of letters to William C. Gorgas, in the library of the Denver Medical Society. Includes miscellaneous items pertaining to Reed, including a copy of John S. Billings' letter regarding transfer of Reed to the Library of the Surgeon General's Office.

0.6 linear ft. (2 boxes)

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Vaughan, Victor C. (Victor Clarence), 1851-1929

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Dean of the Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Medical School of University of Michigan. From the description of Victor C. Vaughan papers, 1876-1879 and 1904. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422068 ...

Gorgas, William Crawford, 1854-1920

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William Crawford Gorgas, an authority in the control of yellow fever, worked as sanitation expert in the preparation and construction of the Panama Canal. He was instrumental in the investigation and control of yellow fever in Cuba, Central and South America, and Africa. Gorgas was appointed Surgeon General of the United States Army January 1914. From the description of William Crawford Gorgas papers, 1912-1937. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244484754 A m...

Shakespeare, Edward O. (Edward Oram), 1846-1900

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Reed, Walter, 1851-1902

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Born in Gloucester County, Va., Walter Reed received an M.D. from the University of Virginia in 1869 and another M.D. from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1871. He joined the Army Medical Corps in 1876. Reed served in many areas throughout the country, including Fort Lowell, Az., and Baltimore, before becoming professor of bacteriology at the Army Medical School in 1893. During the Spanish-American War he sought a cure for typhoid fever in Cuba. After the war, he remained in Cuba with the Y...