Physician to the World: The Life of General William C. GorgasThanks 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. |
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The Yellow Terror | 3 |
A Confederate Boyhood | 14 |
The Army Doctor | 34 |
Copyright | |
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