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Yellow Fever--epidemiology

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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

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 while working for the Rockefeller Foundation's West Africa Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates: 1879-1995