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   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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   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. Gorgas served as U.S. Army surgeon general, received honorary degrees from seven different universities, won honors ...

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   • 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. This was young William’s first exposure to the world of war and it instantly fascinated him.

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   • 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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   How did George Gorgas become a doctor?

   • When he grew older and was unable to attend West Point, the premier military school, Gorgas did not waver in his course. Instead of becoming a soldier, he chose to pursue medicine with the intention of becoming a military doctor. 2 Gorgas attended Bellevue Medical College in New York and graduated in 1879.

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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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   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. This was young William’s first exposure to the world ...

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   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. After attending college at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and medical school at Bellevue Medical College in New York ...

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   Mar 21, 2024 · Dr. William Crawford Gorgas was born October 3, 1854 in Toulminville, AL. He served in the US Army (1880–1918) as a physician and the 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army (1914–1918). Dr. Gorgas was assigned to Fort Brown in 1882 at the height of a yellow fever (also known as "yellow jack") epidemic, in Brownsville and Matamoros.

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   Gorgas, William C. 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.

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   William C. Gorgas. William Crawford Gorgas (1854-1920) was a physician in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He fought yellow fever in Panama, contributing to the building of the Panama Canal, was elected president of the American Medical Association, and served as U.S. Army Surgeon General. Courtesy of the University of Alabama W.S. Hoole Special ...