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1. gorgas, william crawford gorgas

United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920)

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William Crawford (ˈkrɔfərd ) ; krôˈfərd) 1854-1920; U.S. army medical officer: chief sanitary officer in the Canal Zone during construction of the Panama Canal

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American army surgeon who conducted campaigns against yellow fever in Havana (1901) and in the Panama Canal Zone (1904-1906), thereby helping make possible construction of the canal.

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