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Gorgas

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Gor·gas  (gôrgs), William Crawford 1854-1920.
American army surgeon who conducted campaigns against yellow fever in Havana (1901) and in the Panama Canal Zone (1904-1906), thereby helping make possible construction of the canal.
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Noun1.GorgasGorgas - United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920)
William Crawford Gorgas


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