Title: Physician to the world
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.
Subjects: Biography, Physicians, Gorgas, william crawford, 1854-1920, History of Medicine, Military Medicine, Yellow Fever, History
Places: United States
People: William Crawford Gorgas (1854-1920)