The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-07
MEDICOS PLEDGE
 SUPPORT ID GEN.
 GORGAS MEMORIAL
Nearly Hundred Members of Jefferson County Medical Society Pay Tribute to
 Late AIabamian

Nearly one hundred members of the Jefferson County Medical society paid solemn tribute to the memory of the late Surgeon General William Crawford Gorgas, whose memory the people of the world plan to perpetu- ate with a fitting memorial both at Panama, the scene of Gorgas great est triumph in stamping out disease. and at Tuscaloosa. the birthplace Of the great sanitarlan, at a special meeting held last night in the audi torium of the Medical college build ing, adjoining the Hillman hospital.
 Following the passage of the reso- lution, introduced by Dr. B. L. wy man. personal friend of General Gorgas. every member present arose and with bowed head paid silent trib- ute to the great physician.
 Dr. wyman was chosen chairman of committee of five members of lthe Jefferson County Medical society, who will form part of the state executive committee, in raising the ouota of s750.OOo which the state of Alabama has been allotted in the &C.,, OOo.0Oo international endowment fund to maintain both institutions
 Dr. Clarence J. Owens, director gem eral of the Southern Commercial con- gress and chairman of the southern i division of the Gorgas memorial, was i the principal speaker Of the evening. He traced the life and accomplish ments of General Gorgas and spoke of the elaborate memorial services held on January 26, 1921. in the Pan American building, Washington, when dlgnitaries from every nation of the world paid tribute to the memory of General Gorgas.
 With my eyes dimmed with tears" said pr. owens. T beheld ambassa- dors and emissaries from England, France, Italy and our southern re- ] publics pay tribute to the man who i had rid their country from the dreaded disease of yellow fever and malaria.
 l It was the representative of Ecua- ! dor. however, who stated that he had come to Washington as a special en- voy 10 attend the memorial service of ! General William Crawford Gorgas i With broken voice this man, one Of the leaders of his state, said: Thou sands of my countrymen were dying each year from the dread disease yellow fever. Our economic loss was ] tremendous. And then came General i Gorgas, physician to the world, to our little republic. He remained with us but a few months, but since that time there has not been a case of | yellow fever and I am here today to | boldly state that 1t was General Cor gas to whom we most owe our very existence
 A public mass meeting will be held | in Birmingham during Gorgas week, ! to be observed throughout the state, starting Sunday. February 1e, mum | Der of foreign diplomats from South American republics will be in the city to address these meetings.
 Dr. H. R. Carter, whose father, officer, and chairman of the state
 medical division of the Gorgas me morial, followed Dr. owens as speaker. He outlined the work to be undertaken at the Gorgas School oi Sanitation at Tusealoosta.
 Dr. IT. R. Carter, whose father Gen. H. C. Carter, was assistant to General Gorgas at Panama, told of the many efforts of the sanitary com mission to secure sufficient funds to properly sanitate the Isthmus.
 pr. Grosbeck Walsh. who served under General Gorga at Panama, and pr. Lloyd Noland, executive officer under General Gorgas, also spoke. The many speakers testified as to the al
 most impossible accomplishment of l General Gorgas in establishing the proper sanitary methods In . region known for centuries as the pesthole of the tropics"
 The committee to be appointed by
 President Noland in the near future will under the leadership of Chair man Wyman cooperate with the work of the state executive commit- tee, which is headed by George Cor don Crawford.