Lynch requests that Butler meet with Hench to discuss Pinto's recognition for his service in the yellow fever experiments. Lynch adds a note to Hench stating that Butler wishes to meet with him.

Lynch sends Hench a photograph of Pinto.

Pinto has read Hemmeter's article on Carroll and is distressed by the developing disagreement over the recognition of Carroll's yellow fever work.

Gorgas suggests that Finlay and Carter be nominated for the Nobel Prize. In the postscript, Gorgas writes an autograph note for Carter.

This article, which appeared in the "Military Surgeon," is a biographical sketch of Stark. Truby, a friend of Stark, adds his own evaluation to illustrate his talents and character.

Hench responds to Wood's letter, in which she informed him of her project to write the story of Walter Reed for children. He discusses his two chief discoveries: that Lazear probably was bitten deliberately and secretly, and the location of Camp Lazear. He is sending her two of his manuscripts and offers copies of some of his material. He suggests she contact Emilie Lawrence Reed.

Hench has selected the items which he thinks will help Wood to write her book on Reed. He offers to read her manuscript when she has finished writing.

Wood is delighted with the material Hench has sent her for her book on Reed. She comments on the differences between the stories of Kissinger and Moran. She is trying to piece together Reed's early career. She is grateful for his offer to review her manuscript.

Hench is pleased that the material he sent to Wood will be helpful. He comments on how to treat the Moran-Kissinger controversy regarding who volunteered first. Truby believes that Agramonte has written an article with errors, but Hench is not certain who is correct.

Wood describes the notebook she examined at the New York Academy of Medicine, which is alleged to be Reed's. She thinks it is not Reed's notebook, but does find it interesting that the writer caught mosquitoes near a yellow fever outbreak in Havana and dissected them in the lab. She wonders if it is Lazear's.

Wood thinks the notebook found at the New York Academy of Medicine may be a disappointment to Hench. She describes how Malloch acquired the notebook.

Notes by an unknown author on the notebook found at the New York Academy of Medicine discuss references to the yellow fever experiments.

Hench informs Malloch that he is very interested in the notebook which Wood examined at the New York Academy of Medicine. He wants to know how it came to the Academy and inquires about obtaining it through inter-library loan. He believes he would be able to identify the handwriting.

Hench informs Wood that the handwriting in the notebook has been identified as belonging to Lazear.

Hench writes that he is sending a copy of Kelly's book on Reed to Wood. He has heard from Mabel Lazear regarding the identification of her husband's handwriting in his notebook.

Hench informs Wood that he does not know Reed's whereabouts in 1893. He suggests she contact Wilson. He notes that his book does not focus on individuals to the extent that her work does.

Wood tells Hench where Reed was located in the early to mid-1870's. If she returns to New York, she will examine the Lazear notebook and asks if there is anything he would like her to ask Malloch.

Hench is delighted that Wood is correcting inaccuracies in Kelly's book. Malloch sent him a microfilm copy of the so-called Lazear notebook. He informs her that the notebook contains writing by both Lazear and Reed.

Hench informs Wood that the Surgeon General's library had no record of the Reed-Lazear notebook ever being catalogued. He suggests she visit Reed's family members for permission to use Walter Reed's letters.

Wood comments on Kelly's implication that Reed had difficulty getting Army approval to go to Johns Hopkins. She has been told that a medical officer in the Navy is also writing about Reed.

Hench is pleased Wood was able to visit the Reeds. He spent some time trying to locate Lazear's notebook in the Archives, but was unable to do so. He is still interested in her manuscript and offers to read it.

Wood is sending Hench the last third of her manuscript and asks for his comments. She questions why Reed would have needed information about the insect host theory from both Carter and Lazear. She comments on meeting Blossom Reed.

Hench comments on details in Wood's manuscript of her book on Reed. He reflects on the difficulties in planning his own book.

Wood thanks Hench for comments on her manuscript - responding to some of them - and discusses her work. She used Ashburn's history of the Army Medical Corps for some statistics. Wood insists that Hench write his book on Reed because she feels it will be definitive.

Hench is glad to have Wood's reference to the Ashburn history of the Army Medical Corps. He comments on an illustration that has been prepared for her book.

Wood returns material, which Hench had loaned to her, and discusses her manuscript. The publication delay permits her to do more research on Lazear. Wood comments on a Reed family legend that is almost certainly apocryphal.

Wood has received oral permission from Blossom Reed to examine copies of Walter Reed's letters, which are in Hench's possession.

Wood is pleased that Hench has found the Lazear materials. She agrees that she should obtain Blossom Reed's written permission in order to examine copies of Walter Reed's letters.

Hench is forwarding Blossom Reed's manuscript, which includes some Walter Reed letters. He comments that Walter Reed would be dismayed if he knew that Blossom was attempting to sell his personal letters.

Wood comments on Walter Reed's letters and on Blossom Reed's attempts to sell them. She will send Hench a completed manuscript of her book to examine if he has time.

Hench comments on Wood's manuscript. He hopes that she will acknowledge the Reeds in her foreword.

Wood discusses the upcoming publication of her book. Truby visited recently and gave her more information on the yellow fever experiments. She inquires if Hench knows who first volunteered for the experiments.

Hench discusses the controversy between Kissinger and Moran, which centers on who first volunteered for the yellow fever experiments. He feels the truth will never be known, and advises Wood not to reopen the matter.

This typescript deals with Hench's discussion of the recently discovered notebook containing the lab notes of Lazear and Reed. Hench credited Laura Wood with the discovery. The speech was given before the American Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Abdominal Surgeons.