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William Crawford Gorgas KCMG (* 3. Oktober 1854 in Toulminville, Alabama; † 3. Juli 1920 in London) war ein US-amerikanischer Arzt, der sich insbesondere der Behandlung von Gelbfieber und Malaria widmete und dadurch den Bau des Panamakanals ermöglichte, sowie Generalmajor und zuletzt als Surgeon General of the US Army oberster Militärarzt ...
William Crawford Gorgas KCMG (October 3, 1854 – July 3, 1920) was a United States Army physician and 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army (1914–1918).
William Crawford Gorgas (born Oct. 3, 1854, Mobile, Ala., U.S.—died July 3, 1920, London, Eng.) was a U.S. Army surgeon who contributed greatly to the building of the Panama Canal by introducing mosquito control to prevent yellow fever and malaria.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
William Crawford Gorgas dedicated most of his professional life to the control of yellow fever, a mosquito-borne disease that he first encountered in New Orleans in the late 1860s.
14. Feb. 2024 · Gorgas, William Crawford William Crawford Gorgas (1854-1920) was a pioneer in the field of public health and tropical medicine. His work in eradicating yellow fever in Panama made possible the construction of the Panama Canal.
23. Mai 2018 · William Crawford Gorgas (1854-1920), surgeon general of the U.S. Army, conquered yellow fever in the Panama Canal Zone, thus making the building of the canal possible. William C. Gorgas was born Oct. 3, 1854, near Mobile, Ala., the son of Josiah Gorgas, later a Confederate general and vice-chancellor of the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn.
Gorgas directed a control strategy to identify and destroy mosquito breeding places, and after only a few months of a strict mosquito control program, yellow fever was eradicated from Havana. When Gorgas learned of the US government's decision to build the Panama Canal, he requested assignment to Panama.
