Title:

Group photo after Wilbur A. Sawyer's arrival in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Date:

15 June 1934

Description:

In 1934, Dr. Sawyer made another trip to Brazil to inspect yellow fever control activities, including an investigation of a puzzling outbreak of the disease in a rural region near the Bolivian border. In a welcome contrast to earlier visits to South America, Sawyer was able to travel by plane to such remote areas, rather than by boat or on horseback. Left to right (front): Dr. Alberto Novis, State Director of Public Health for Mato Grosso, Dr. Sawyer, Dr. F. L. Soper, Dr. Francisco Freire, Dr. Oswaldo Novis (son of Dr. Alberto Novis, viscerotomy representative).

Location:

Box: 12. Folder: 6

Rights:

Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

Yellow Fever and Brazil

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

LWBBHD

NLM ID:

101584931X108

Profiles Collection:

The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X108

Story Section:

The Yellow Fever Laboratory: Rockefeller Foundation, 1928-1937