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August 24, 1950 
Dr. Herbert C. Clark, 
Director, Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, 
Panama City, Republic of Panama. 
Dear Dr. Clark: 
Dr. Kellogg and Dr. Setzer have recently brought to my 
attention the copy of your report of 27 July relative to the Rio 
Platanal Expedition which has interested me and pleased me greatly. 
It is good to know that you had such excellent success. You were 
wise to choose the locality that you did, since this is much more 
easily accessible than the region I entered last March, farther to the 
east. 
Old Jose Ortega is a character and as good a jungle man 
as I have ever had. I had a very high regard for him and hope that I 
can have him with me sometime on another trip. Rosendo is more 
the type that you find near Panama City and will bear a little watching, 
as he has certain attributes that we ordinarily look for in the city 
slicker. 
You evidently lived in the same little house that I rented 
although I think that they cheated you a bit on the rental, as by the 
month I paid only $10. 00, so that I got by for six weeks on fifteen 
bucks. 
The material that you have been sending in from these 
expeditions has been highly interesting and valuable as addition to 
our collections. Kellogg beams whenever he mentions it and the other 
boys are equally enthusiastic. It is good of you to take this interest. 
If at any time you have any difficulties relative to identifications, let 
me know and we will check it up immediately. 
I have not seen Colonel Siler lately but probably will be in 
touch with him some time soon. We are fellow members of the 
Washington Academy of Medicine which has an occasional meeting 
during the winter. You may wonder how I got in on this, and I will 
say that I have been somewhat puzzled by it myself. The organization 
is made up of about one-half clinicians and about one-half ^ men who 
are in scientific work here in Washington whose activities fringe on 
medicine. When I returned from Panama this last time, I found 
that during ray absence, when I was unable to protect myself, I had 
been elected president of the organization, which I told the men I 
thought was a mistake but without redress so far as my relief is 
concerned. 
