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William Crawford Gorgas

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Noun1.William Crawford Gorgas - United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920)William Crawford Gorgas - United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920)


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The advice of Army Surgeon General William Crawford Gorgas and other physicians was ignored: "The purpose of mobilization is to convert civilians into soldiers as quickly as possible and not to make a demonstration in preventive medicine," said the authorities.
The Gorgas Scholarship Program is named for General William Crawford Gorgas.
 
 
 
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