Curatorial Records: Numbered Correspondence 02230
May 4, 1897
Dr. W.C Gorgas, Asst. Surg., U.S. Army,
Fort Barrancas,
Florida.
Dear Doctor:
Referring to your letter of May 1st, '97, I have to report that the specimen of sputum therein referred to has been examined with the following result: No tubercle bacilli present, but many diplococci are seen which have the shape and staining re-action of the diplococcus lanceolatus, the organism for croupous pneumonia. I do not mean to say that your patient has pneumonia, because this organism is so often met with in the normal saliva of human beings.
Sincerely yours,
Walter Reed
Surgeon, U.S. Army,
Curator.
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