William Crawford Gorgas, M.D.

Affiliations: 
Surgeon General, U.S. Army, Rockville, MD, United States 
Area:
Yellow fever, Malaria
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1854-1920.
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Controlled mosquitoes with drainage of swamps and ponds, as well as extensive fumigation to decrease the incidence of yellow fever and malaria in Florida, Cuba, and most famously in Panama during the building of the Panama Canal.

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