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Panama Canal Zone

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

George Durfee Deshon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 258
Abstract

Photocopy of autobiographical letter, and memoranda on military hospital in Panama Canal Zone.

Dates: 1913, 1917
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

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
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections