Physician to the world
Subtitle: the life of General William C. Gorgas.
Series: Duke University publications
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1950
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Gorgas, William Crawford, 1854-1920.
Description: Thanks to the sanitation procedures introduced and used so successfully by Gorgas, the deadly yellow fever virtually disappeared from the North American continent, where for centuries it used to strike. This book is a biography of his life and traces his interest in yellow fever and his resulting successful efforts to eradicate it from communities.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [295]-307.