chief sanitary officer

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• Gorgas — [gôr′gəs] William Crawford [krô′fərd] 1854 1920; U.S. army medical officer: chief sanitary officer in the Canal Zone during construction of the Panama Canal …   English World dictionary

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• Gorgas — /gawr geuhs/, n. William Crawford, 1854 1920, U.S. physician and epidemiologist: chief sanitary officer of the Panama Canal 1904 13; surgeon general of the U.S. Army 1914 18. * * * …   Universalium

• Gorgas, William Crawford — ▪ United States Army surgeon born Oct. 3, 1854, Mobile, Ala., U.S. died July 3, 1920, London, Eng.  U.S. Army surgeon who contributed greatly to the building of the Panama Canal by introducing mosquito control to prevent yellow fever and malaria …   Universalium

• Gorgas — noun United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854 1920) • Syn: ↑William Crawford Gorgas • Instance Hypernyms: ↑surgeon, ↑operating surgeon, ↑sawbones * * * /gawr geuhs/, n. William Crawford,… …   Useful english dictionary

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