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Methods used in controlling the 1905 yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 210

Abstract

Joseph Hill White's two-page explanation of the methods he employed to eradicate a breakout of yellow fever in New Orleans in 1905.

Dates

  • Creation: 1921

Extent

0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Creator

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.

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Biographical Note

Joseph Hill White, 1859-1953, a surgeon for the U.S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service in New Orleans, led federal efforts to eradicate the aedes aegypti mosquito and quell a local epidemic of yellow fever in 1905. After employing inconsistent methods, the Orleans Parish Medical Society ceded authority to White and the Public Health Service in the campaign. Using recently acquired knowledge of yellow fever's cause, White"s measures greatly lessened a potentially disastrous epidemic, the last yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans" history.

White co-authored Control of hookworm infection at the deep gold mines of the Mother Lode, California with James G. Cumming in 1917.

Collection Summary

Joseph Hill White"s two-page explanation of the methods he employed to eradicate a breakout of yellow fever in New Orleans in 1905. His summary was submitted to Senior Surgeon Hiram W. Austin, of the Public Health Service, who intended to include it in his historical sketch of the Public Health Service.

Additional Description

Abstract

Joseph Hill White's two-page explanation of the methods he employed to eradicate a breakout of yellow fever in New Orleans in 1905.

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

General

Processed by
HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
Processing Completed
2002
Encoded by
Jim Labosier

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Related Names

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Subject

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding Aid to the Methods used in controlling the 1905 yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans, 1921
Status
Unverified Partial Draft
Author
HMD Staff; Jim Labosier
Date
2002
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English
Edition statement
1.0

Collecting Area Details

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections Collecting Area

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