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The task of putting this knowledge to effective use fell to a young US Army captain by the name of William C. Gorgas. Yellow fever had been a presence in Gorgas' life from early adulthood, when he had acquired immunity through a mild case of the disease. 2 In 1898, soon after the end of the Spanish-American War, Gorgas was detailed to Havana ...
May 23, 2018 · William C. Gorgas was born Oct. 3, 1854, near Mobile, Ala., the son of Josiah Gorgas, later a Confederate general and vice-chancellor of the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. Young Gorgas's early education was irregular because of the Civil War, but in 1875 he took a bachelor of arts degree from the University of the South.
William C. Gorgas spent the first twenty years of his career dedicated to the daily tasks of rural patient care. When assigned to Havana, his practicable application of Walter Reed's demonstration of Yellow Fever transmission resulted in the elimination of Yellow Fever within eight months.
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.
Surgeons General. WILLIAM CRAWFORD GORGAS (October 3, 1854 - July 3, 1920), Surgeon General, January 16, 1914 - October 3, 1918, was the son of General Josiah Gorgas, a native of Pennsylvania who graduated from the United States Military Academy in the class of 1841. Assigned to the ordnance service, he was in command of Mount Vernon Arsenal ...
William C. Gorgas. AKA William Crawford Gorgas. Malaria and yellow fever. Birthplace: Toulminville, AL Location of death: London, England Cause of death: Stroke Remains: B. Military service: US Army Medical Corps (to Surgeon General, 1880-1919) US Army doctor William C. Gorgas was stricken with yellow fever while stationed in Texas in the early ...
- October 3, 1854
- July 3, 1920
Description. Biography from the Dedication of the Gorgas Steam Plant that occurred on September 16, 1944 at Gorgas, Alabama. "William Crawford Gorgas was born October 3, 1854, near Mobile, Alabama, the son of General Josiah Gorgas and Amelia Gayle Gorgas. Failing to secure an appointment to West Point, he decided to enter the Army as a doctor.
