Manuscript

Handwritten, bound notebook contains formulas and prescription recipes as prepared by Bowers' Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland. Envelope attached inside back cover includes loose papers with hand-written recipes.
Bowers’ Pharmacy was founded by James W. Bowers on the Southwest Corner of Baltimore and Schroeder Streets in 1858. Bowers’ Pharmacy remained on Baltimore Street until 1919. The owner’s son, James W. Bowers Jr. was an 1879 graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Law.

The volume contains a lot of blank pages which have not been scanned. Following digital page 59 there are 77 blank pages which have not been scanned. Following digital page 63 there are 33 blank pages unscanned. Following digital page 67 there are 26 unscanned blank pages. Following digital page 71 there are 14 blank pages unscanned. Following digital page 83 there are 25 blank pages unscanned. Following digital page 87 there are 16 blank pages unscanned. Following digital page 91 there are 33 blank pages unscanned.

Annual report from the Board of Managers of the Maryland Tuberculosis Sanatorium to the Maryland General Assembly regarding function and budget.

In this letter from James Carroll to his wife Jennie Carroll sent from Las Animas Hospital in Havana, Cuba, where he is stationed for the United States Yellow Fever Commission, Carroll discusses the current experiments that involved having three volunteers being bitten by mosquitoes. He also discusses four photographs that he had enclosed with the letter along with a check. He informs her that he must leave by November 1, as there will be no further extensions. In conclusion he discusses the local mosquitoes and the local weather conditions.

In this letter from James Carroll to his wife Jennie Carroll sent from Las Animas Hospital in Havana, Cuba, where he is stationed for the United States Yellow Fever Commission, Carroll informs Jennie that he has asked for an extension to conduct further studies. He tells her that he hopes to prove that healthy men should not die from yellow fever, and that he hopes to prove the effectiveness of inoculation. In conclusion he asks her not to mention what was included in this letter to anyone.

In this typescript piece, Richard J. Behles, Historical Collections librarian for the Health Sciences and Human Services Library at the time this was written, describes the James Carroll, Yellow Fever Commission Letters collection housed in the Historical Collections. These letters have been digitized and transcribed and a collection has been created for them in the UMB Digital Archive.

The Dr. James Carroll, Yellow Fever Commission Letters contain original letters to Janetta “Jennie” Carroll, Dr. Carroll’s wife as well as letters from Dr. Walter Reed, head of the United States Army Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba in 1900 and 1901. The research and experimentation completed by the Commission found that Yellow Fever was carried by Mosquitos and transmitted through their bites. The letters in this collection shed light on the research and experimentation process as well as the living conditions in Cuba during the Commission’s work. The letters provide a personal insight into the men who discovered the cause of Yellow Fever.