1. Books: "Fever: The Hunt for a New Killer Virus," by John G. Fuller, 1988, paper and hardback copies. Readers Digest version of the book is included. 2. Video: PBS Nova Series on Lassa Fever - 2 copies - each from the same broadcast but different. A handwritten note describes one video that begins with images from a camera panning bush-land and then fire: "'Video copy' of the Public Broadcasting System's T.V. 'Nova Series' - 'Lassa Fever,' aired February 8, 1983, produced by British Broadcasting System and Station WGBH, Boston, MA. Note: The first presentation was a two-hour BBC airing in England, followed by this condensed one-hour presentation on PBS, T.V.,'Nova Series,' in the U.S. on February 8, 1983." [VHS tape digitally copied for preservation purposes and is located on Archives Network X in folder titled [Alumni Info] under the file titled [Hamer John_Hamer Esther_Lassa Fever] - and - is also searchable by typing accession number in this format MU2016_2 The second video starts with the "Nova" logo. 3. Draft: Dr. Hamer's letter of symptoms to Dr. Joseph Schechter. Lassa Fever had not yet been identified. Dr. Schechter was the laison physician between the Church of the Brethren here in United States and medical missionaries overseas. 4. Journal of Virology, October 1970, "Arenoviruses in Vero Cells: Ultrastructural Studies," p. 507-518. This article deals with the isolation and characterization of the family of viruses in which the Lassa Fever Virus is located. 5. Binders a. Book #1 - Contains pictures of Dr. Hamer and includes articles from the NY Times and other publications dealing with the LFV. Also pictured is the isolation Chamber at the Center for Disease Control, showing the round holes for inserting a researcher's hands and arms into chamber. Esther Hamer in front of the Speciman Storage Room at the CDC. b. Book #2 - Articles dealing with LFV, infectious virus research, correspondence with John Fuller, and Parkview's recognition of Dr. Hamer's work. c. Book #3 - Photos, and articles dealing with LFV. Photo of Laura Wine. Laura Wine, and Dale Miller and Harriet Hamer, Krista Hamer and Dr. John Hamer on camels. Picture of the Yale Arbo Virus Unit with Dr. Casels, Sonja Buckley, and Esther Hamer, R.N. Picture of Dr. Casels, Sonja Buckley, and Dr. Hamer. Lab staff. Photo of lab worker who got Lassa Fever and died. Picture of Picture of Laura Wine, Lena Worth, Mary Dadisman, and Grace Brumbaugh. Dr. Hamer and his Surgery Staff, Kutariju and Mbambu giving anesthesia to a patient. Betty Hare (nurse) at Leprosy Clinic. Krista, Esther, Harriet, and Dr. John at their family house in Lassa circa 1969, 1970. Betty Hare at Leprosy Clinic. A picture of what might be folks in temporary isolation quarter at hospital. Child holding a jar of worms passed through his rectum following treatment. Probably a black ad white copy of Dr. Hamer performing the caesarean section. 6. Folders a. Folder #1 - Notes to and from Dr. Hamer dealing with the death of Laura Wine. b. Folder #2 - Slide presentation on LSV. c. Folder #3 - Manuscript, Case Western Reserve Medical Alumni Bulletin with John and Esther. d. Folder #4 - "Messenger" articles about Laura Wine and Lassa Fever Virus story. e. Folder #5 - Drafts of Articles on "Lassa Fever" and one entitled "Hoosiers Abroad." f. Folder #6 - Articles dealing with Viral Hemmorhagic fevers. g. Folder #7 - Collection of articles dealing with LFV. h. Folder #8 - More articles dealing with LFV. i. Folder #9 - Materials dealing with the Church of the Brethren work in Nigeria. j. Folder #10 - Script from the Anne Cologne show - Fort Wane TV. k. Folder #11 - Dr. Hamer's notes and drafts for writing "Lassa Fever." l. Folder #12 - Letters and correspondence dealing with the writing of "Lassa Fever," also there are scientific articles dealing with LFV. m. Folder #13 - Notes for articles being written concerning the Lassa clinic and the LFV disease. n. Folder #14 - Newspaper clippings dealing with John and Esther and with Lassa clinic. o. Folder #15 - Missing. p. Folder #16 - Hamer photographs. q. Folder #17 - Notes on "Lassa Fever." r. Folder #18 - Repeat of #3. Final Folder - Snapshots: #1. Lassa Fever Story #2. Hospital staff at Lassa Hospital (in background) - Nurse Mbursa, Midwife, Dr. John, Nurse Betty Hare, Rebecca (Midwife), Ngamariju, who was both Registered Nurse and Pastor of Lassa Church of the Brethren. #3. Treatment for Lassa Fever. Patient must receive Ribovarin and the appropriate dosage within 2-3 days after symptoms begin to be sure of a cure. It waited too long to administer Ribovarin the treatment would not be effective. #4. Dr. John inside Lassa Hospital in a medical ward examining a patient. #5. Nurse Esther Hamer in the Drug Room, which would be considered a pharmacy. Daughter, Krista, can remember its chemical smell even today (November, 2016). #6. Village of Lassa - walls were woven with bush grass to divide compounds (family groups), in which there would be various huts and/or areas to cook, sleep, and greet guests. The picture shows the grass roofs of the huts. Usually, there was as separate hut for the man, and his wife (perhaps with other wives) had a separate hut. The photo also shows typical Nigerian dress and a man wearing a woven sun hat. #7. The first house the Hamer family lived in at Lassa with a "Flamboyant Tree" in the yard. Dr. John and Esther traveled by bicycle to the hospital, church and into the village. They used a land-rover for long distances. On the viewer's left ,one can see the corner of the house. On the viewer's right is the storage building. #8. CDC - Statistics from Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia with estimates of cases of Lassa Fever and comparison with Yellow Fever. #9. American authoriites enlisted Yale virologist Jordi Casals, who got sick with Lassa Fever while doing research. The third nurse, who had contracted Lassa Fever, had recovered, and had built up antibodies and the immune serum was given from her to Jordi Casals. #10, #11. #12. Grounds of Lassa Hospital and cornstalk "ambulance" with a patient being carried in. This type of stretcher was not owned by the hospital but was crafted by local inhabitants. #13. Dr. John and surgery assistants doing a Caesarean Section - probably the same one referenced when Laura Wine became sick. #14. Dr. John out at a village clinic, probably testing a patient for leprosy. This picture was probably taken between 1953 and 1969. #15. Dr. John with Nigerian doing spinal anesthetic, probably getting ready for surgery. #16. Nurse Betty Hare and Kutariju (Head Nigerian Surgery Assistant) preparing for surgery. Assistants were trained by Dr. Psalzgraff. The first Medical Doctor who started working in Nigeria was Dr. Homer Burke. Second, was Dr. Roy Pfalzgraff (who built a new hospital), and then Dr. Hamer. #17. An oxcart (ambulance." Again, not part of the hospital but created by Nigerians. #18. The hospital with Mary Dadisman, a Church of the Brethren Missionary Nurse. The hospital was designed oin the "British Style." There was a cross shaped building containing medical and surgical wards with the nurses's station in the center. Separate cottage buildings contained the surgery, obstetrics, TB ward, administration building, with cement walkways connecting each. Ward, Administration Building, OB Ward, and Surgery. Nigerians in the foreground, hoeing. #19. Lassa Hospital compound with road/path from the river. #20. Front of hospital and Administration Building, that contained the Drug Room and a classroom for folks with a 4th Grad education. There was also a bedroom for missionaries requiring hospital care, along with their own restroom. #22. Various countries involved with with with Lassa Fever. Nigeria is the one in black. Sierra Leon had cases of Lassa Fever too. #23. Surgery was not performed without the permission of the patient's family. This mother and child were from another village. The child had a case of the "croup" (a type of bronchitis). The child was not responding to antibiotics. Esther remembered that when she worked in a U.S. hospital croup babies sometimes need to have a temporary tracheotomy performed until they could get better. There was a lot of noisy breathing associated with this illness. Dr. Hamer had not performed a tracheotomy before, but decided to operate. The family gave permission, but only if they could watch the surgery. They were given permission to sit in the room, but far from where the operation was taking place. The child was breathing noisily, the family could hear each breath. When the tracheotomy was accomplished the noisy breathing ceased, and the family, hearing nothing, thought the child was dead and left the room crying loudly to announce the death. When the family returned, they found the child alive and doing well! For years, the family brought the child back to see Dr. John and Esther to show how healthy he continued to be and how he was growing. This was a type of ice-breaker, because the Nigerians thought the Hamer's looked to young to be practicing medicine. #24. Burn patient being wrapped with Vaseline coated bandages by Nurse, Betty Hare. The churches in the United States would cut up and roll old sheets for bandages and send to Nigeria. These bandages were used over and over again. They were boiled, put into the sun, and rolled up again when dry.
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