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   William Crawford Gorgas KCMG (October 3, 1854 – July 3, 1920) was a United States Army physician and 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army (1914–1918).

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   Feb 14, 2024 · Gorgas, William Crawford William Crawford Gorgas (1854-1920) was a pioneer in the field of public health and tropical medicine. His work in eradicating yellow fever in Panama made possible the construction of the Panama Canal.

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   About. William Gorgas, 1854-1920. William Crawford Gorgas dedicated most of his professional life to the control of yellow fever, a mosquito-borne disease that he first encountered in New Orleans in the late 1860s.

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6. hekint.org › 2019/03/08 › william-gorgas-life-andWilliam Gorgas – Life and medical legacy - Hektoen International

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   Mar 8, 2019 · But Dr. William C. Gorgas, armed with knowledge and passion acquired throughout his life, was ready to take on the task. Born in Alabama on October 3, 1854, Gorgas was the son of a military man. His father, Josiah Gorgas, had served in the Confederate army and later with the United States.

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   Jan 1, 1995 · Gorgas, William Crawford (1854–1920). William Crawford Gorgas, pioneer, physician, and United States Army surgeon general, was born at Toulminville, Alabama, on October 3, 1854, the son of Gen. Josiah and Amelia (Gayle) Gorgas. Josiah Gorgas was chief of ordnance of the Confederate Army. After training at Bellvue Hospital Medical College ...

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   Who was William Crawford Gorgas?

   • Gorgas, William Crawford William Crawford Gorgas (1854-1920) was a pioneer in the field of public health and tropical medicine. His work in eradicating yellow fever in Panama made possible the construction of the Panama Canal.

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   Where did Dr Gorgas go to medical school?

   • After studying at The University of the South and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, Dr. Gorgas was appointed to the US Army Medical Corps in June 1880. He was assigned to three posts— Fort Clark, Fort Duncan, and Fort Brown —in Texas. While at Fort Brown (1882–84), Gorgas survived an episode of yellow fever.

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   Where did Josiah Gorgas live?

   • Later that year, the two sisters and their children moved to Maryland. In 1866, Josiah Gorgas and several other investors reopened an existing iron works at Brierfield, Alabama, and his family joined him there.

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   What is Gorgas Hospital known for?

   • Gorgas Hospital was a U.S. Army hospital in Panama, previously known as Ancon Hospital and named for Dr. Gorgas in 1928. Now held and operated by Panama, it is home to the Instituto Oncologico Nacional, Panama's Ministry of Health and its Supreme Court.

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9. southernspaces.org › 2017 › pursuit-healthThe Pursuit of Health: Colonialism and Hookworm Eradication ...

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   Mar 30, 2017 · In December 1903, he made public a letter from Colonel William C. Gorgas, now the US chief surgeon of the Department of the East, which endorsed the "vital necessity of combating [hookworm] disease" on the island. 28 William C. Gorgas to Bailey K. Ashford, December 3, 1903, CA, box 6; Gorgas to Ashford, January 22, 1904, CA, box 6; Ashford to ...

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    Gorgas, William C. (1854–1920), military physician, sanitarian expert, and surgeon general.Born in Alabama, the son of a West Pointer who had been the Confederacy's chief ordnance officer, Gorgas received a medical degree from New York's Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1876 and joined the U.S. Army Medical Corps in 1880.