William Crawford Gorgas Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS C 119

Abstract

Reprints on yellow fever, malaria and other tropical diseases presented to William C. Gorgas.

Dates

Creation: 1890-1918

Extent

0.63 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Creator

Gorgas, William Crawford, 1854-1920 (Person)

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

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Biographical Note

A member of the Army Medical Corps since 1880, William C. Gorgas directed sanitation work in Havana, Santiago, and Siboney, Cuba during the Spanish American War and after, from 1899 to 1902, as chief surgeon of the department of Havana. From 1904 to 1913 Gorgas led sanitation activities in the canal zone during construction of the Panama Canal. From 1914 to 1917 he served as Surgeon General of the Army.

Collection Summary

Presentation copies of reprints chiefly on yellow fever by various authors. Authors include H.L. Abbot, Aristides Agramonte, Eleanor Yorke Bell, Peter H. Bryce, August Busck, L.C. Carr, Charles F. Craig, S.T. Darling, José Manuel Espin, Francisco Etchegoghen, Frank D. Evans, Juan Santos Fernández, Juan B. Fuentes, Arthur H. Glennan, Juan Guiteras, Valery Havard, Graham E. Hensen, W.M. Hodder, Charles H. Hughes, W.M. James, Allen H. Jennings, J.S. Lankford, Mario G. Lebredo, J.A. Le Prince, Alfonso Lomonaco, Rudolph Matas, Walter Reed, Luigi Sambon, William T. Sedgwick, George M. Sternberg, Frank Trumbull, J.J. Van Loghem, Victor C. Vaughan, Adolphus E. Verdereau, Charles Vigné, G.H. Whipple, Erastus Wilson, and André Villejean.