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Gorgas, William Crawford, 1854-1920
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine Records
Collection
Identifier: MS C 212
Abstract
The Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine, Incorporated (GMITP) was founded in 1921 and was named after William C. Gorgas. Gorgas was a U.S. Surgeon General and was known throughout the world as the conqueror of the mosquito and the malaria and yellow fever it transmits. His pioneer efforts in halting an epidemic of yellow fever enabled the United States to complete the Panama Canal. Its mission was to create a health education program to train researchers in tropical...
Dates:
1899-1992
Stanhope Bayne-Jones Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS C 155
Abstract
Subjects include family background, education, service in World War I and II, Dr. Bayne-Jones' association with the Johns Hopkins University Medical School, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
Dates:
1852-1969
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- Subject: Tropical Medicine X
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- Bacteriology 1
- History of Medicine 1
- Malaria 1
- Military Medicine 1
- Panama 1
- Panama Canal Zone 1
- Pathology 1
- Public Health 1
- World War I 1
- World War II 1
- Yellow Fever 1 + ∧ less
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