Gorgas

Gor·gas

G0200600 (gôr′gəs), 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.

Gor•gas

(ˈgɔr gəs)

n. William Crawford, 1854–1920, U.S. physician and epidemiologist.

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