Letter of the Day: March 24 [thanks for the parasites]

Curatorial Records: Numbered Correspondence 06610

Surgeon General’s Office,
U.S. Army Medical Museum and Library,
Corner of 7th and B Streets SW
Washington, March 24, 1903

Captain B. K. Ashford,
Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Army,
San Juan, P.R.

(Through the Surgeon General, U.S. Army)

Sir:

I have the honor to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of specimens of the filarial nocturna and uncinaria duodenale for the Army Medical School. Through your co-operation it has become possible to provide each member of the class with specimens of these parasites.

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