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   In 1914, he was promoted to major general and appointed surgeon general of the U. S. Army. Gorgas served from 1914 to 1919, skillfully administering the Medical Corps during World War I. He died in London of a stroke. After a military funeral, his body was returned for burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Bibliography

2. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › 9155101The achievements of William Crawford Gorgas - PubMed

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   Abstract. From an obscure frontier surgeon George Crawford Gorgas became internationally acclaimed as a preventive medicine genius. By his initiative in translating the known scientific facts made possible during the blossoming of bacteriology, he performed service not only in the United States but in Cuba, Central and South America, South ...

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   What did William Crawford Gorgas do?

   • William Crawford Gorgas in Uniform Promoted to major, Gorgas became chief sanitary officer for U.S.-occupied Havana, Cuba, in July 1898. He instituted strict sanitation codes that led to the decline of other diseases in the city, but yellow fever occurrences continued to rise.

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   Did Josiah Gorgas dream of a military career?

   • And despite his father’s vehement opposition, the young Gorgas dreamed of a military career. Gorgas at Sewanee The iron works failed in 1869, and Josiah Gorgas took a position as headmaster at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, set in a remote, mountain-top wilderness and populated largely by ex-Confederates.

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   Why did George V give Gorgas a knighthood?

   • He had even been granted a knighthood, which King George V conferred on him just before Gorgas’ death following a stroke. 22 In spite of it all Gorgas only referred to himself as “Doctor,” remaining firmly aligned with the medical profession which had allowed him to see the world and given his life purpose. 23

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   Why did Gorgas oppose sanitary regulations?

   • Gorgas faced local officials unwilling to enforce sanitary regulations for fear of losing elections, U.S. officials opposed to the mosquito theory, and stingy Washington bureaucrats convinced that sanitation money could be better spent on other aspects of canal construction.

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   Jan 1, 1995 · Gorgas was appointed chief sanitary officer in 1898 and surgeon general of the United States Army in 1914. As such, he won international fame battling yellow fever, the scourge of tropical climates-first in Florida, later in Havana, and finally at the Panama Canal.

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   Feb 14, 2024 · In January 1914, he received a promotion to brigadier general and an appointment as U.S. Army surgeon general; promotion to major general followed in March 1915. In mid-1916, the Rockefeller Foundation asked him to consult on yellow fever in Central and South America, where he was welcomed as a hero.

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   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...

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   Mar 8, 2019 · While there, he was informed that he had been appointed Surgeon General, putting him in charge of policy and organization for the Army’s medical systems. 20 At the start of World War I, Gorgas, still serving as Surgeon General, lent his expertise in sanitation to the military. In this role he issued “detailed instructions designed to end ...

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   May 18, 2010 · Gorgas was made Surgeon General of the Army in 1914, in which position he was able to capitalize on the momentous work of two other doctors to prove the mosquito transmission of yellow fever. As such, Gorgas won international fame battling the illness-first in Florida, later in Havana, Cuba, and finally at the Panama Canal.