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Surgeon General's Office papers referring to cholera and yellow fever in the Army

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 18
Abstract

Reports and documentation produced by the U.S. Army Surgeon General's office describing outbreaks of cholera and yellow fever in various Army posts during the year 1867.

Dates: 1867-1868

Sydenham Hospital Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 243
Abstract

The bulk of the collection consists of patient medical case histories. Records are complete for the years 1909 to 1924, but because of the size of the collection, only a sample of every tenth record for the years 1924 to 1949 were retained. From 1909 to its closing in 1949, Sydenham Hospital was maintained by the Baltimore City Health Department for the isolation and treatment of communicable diseases such as polio, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, and chicken pox.

Dates: 1909-1962

U.S. Army Surgeon General's New Orleans yellow fever collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 247
Abstract

Collection contains correspondence, reports, and charts pertaining to yellow fever and other diseases in New Orleans and contiguous areas of the 5th Military District, compiled by the U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office.

Dates: 1867-1868

Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 69
Abstract

Sawyer is best known for his role in developing a vaccine for yellow fever and working to eradicate the disease as a public health threat whle working for the Rockefeller Foundation's West Africa Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates: 1879-1995

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Armstrong, Charles, 1886-1967 1
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