Gorgas


william crawford, 1854–1920, u.s. physician and epidemiologist: chief sanitary officer of the panama c-n-l 1904–13; surgeon general of the u.s. army 1914–18.
historical examples

the supplies for the confederate army caleb huse
birdseye views of far lands james t. nichols
the panama c-n-l frederic jennings haskin
experiments on animals stephen paget
a rebel war clerk’s diary at the confederate states capital john beauchamp jones
a rebel war clerk’s diary at the confederate states capital john beauchamp jones
the panama c-n-l j. saxon mills
a rebel war clerk’s diary at the confederate states capital john beauchamp jones
a rebel war clerk’s diary at the confederate states capital john beauchamp jones
the panama c-n-l and its makers vaughan cornish

gorgas
(gôr’gəs)
american army surgeon who directed programs to eradicate the aedes aegypti mosquito in havana, cuba (1901), and in the panama c-n-l zone (1904-1906). the mosquito had been shown by dr. walter reed and others to be responsible for the transmission of yellow fever.

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