Portrait of Mr. Lisboa, village telegraph officer, with Fred L. Soper and Alexander Burke in Coronel Ponce, Mato Grosso, Brazil Portrait of Mr. Lisboa, village telegraph officer, with Fred L. Soper and Alexander Burke in Coronel Ponce, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Contributor(s): Sawyer, Wilbur A. Publication: Produced: 18 June 1934 Language(s): No linguistic content Format: Still image Subject(s): Yellow Fever Brazil Genre(s): Archival Materials Photographic prints Abstract: In 1934, Dr. Sawyer made another trip to Brazil to inspect yellow fever control activities, including an investigation of a puzzling outbreak of the disease in a rural region near the Bolivian border. With Dr. Fred Soper, Sawyer traveled by car to Coronel Ponce, where the most recent yellow fever cases had occurred. Here Dr. Soper and Dr. Alexander Burke pose with Mr. Lisboa, the village telegraph operator, who had alerted the public health authorities about the yellow fever cases. Copyright: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information) Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101584931X110 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: LWBBHG Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X110 Archival Collection: The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers (Profiles in Science)