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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 ...
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.
8. März 2019 · But Dr. William C. Gorgas, armed with knowledge and passion acquired throughout his life, was ready to take on the task. Born in Alabama on October 3, 1854, Gorgas was the son of a military man. His father, Josiah Gorgas, had served in the Confederate army and later with the United States.
One of the chief lessons the Americans took from the French era of canal building, then, was the need to control yellow fever. They did so with remarkable effectiveness. The American sanitary campaign in Panama, led by William C. Gorgas, is often celebrated as one of the great achievements of the construction era.
