Title:

Letter from Wilbur A. Sawyer to Margaret Sawyer

Creator:

Sawyer, Wilbur A.

Recipient:

Sawyer, Margaret

Date:

16 June 1934

Description:

From late May to early August 1934, Dr. Sawyer again visited yellow fever control operations in Brazil. This included a ten-day trip to the Mato Grosso region to check on several puzzling outbreaks of yellow fever in rural areas, and led to the recognition (by Dr. Fred Soper and others) of a new infection pattern: jungle yellow fever. As Sawyer also noted in this letter, this visit was also characterized by the extended use of aircraft in making the rounds.. NOTE: The original letter is written on onionskin paper.

Location:

Box: 2. Folder: 12

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Yellow Fever

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

LWBBLZ

NLM ID:

101584931X189

Profiles Collection:

The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X189

Story Section:

The Yellow Fever Laboratory: Rockefeller Foundation, 1928-1937