Letter of the Day: February 6

[This letter was written in reply to a request that Carroll attend and present a paper to the Louisiana State Medical Society]

Curatorial Records: Numbered Correspondence 09190

To 1st Lieut. James Carroll,
Assistant Surgeon, U.S.A.,
Washington, D.C., for remark
S. G. O.
Feb. 5, 1906

2d Indorsement [sic],
Surgeon General’s Office,
Army medical Museum
February 6, 1906

Respectfully returned to the SURGEON GENERAL, U.S. ARMY.

This matter was broached to me on January 2d at New Orleans, and I then expressed my willingness to come, provided it would be agreeable to the Surgeon General.

I am quite willing to prepare an address for the occasion, because an opportunity will be afforded to present the facts and arguments in a forcible manner where they will do the greatest good. The future safety of the United States from yellow fever depends largely upon the readiness of the physicians of Louisiana to recognize and declare the disease upon its first appearance among them. The importance of the subject to the Army and to the country at large is my reason for consenting to participate.

James Carroll
1st Lieut., Asst. Surgeon, U.S.A.
Curator.