William Crawford Gorgas, M.D.
Affiliations: | Surgeon General, U.S. Army, Rockville, MD, United States |
Area:
Yellow fever, MalariaGoogle:
"William Gorgas"Bio:
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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