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Definition of Gorgas
1. Noun. United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gorgas
Literary usage of Gorgas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South America from a Surgeon's Point of View by Franklin Henry Martin (1922)
"I said, "What is the very first thing that you would do, General gorgas, if
tomorrow morning, before arising, you should receive a telephone message ..."
2. A History of the National Tuberculosis Association: The Anti-tuberculosis by Sigard Adolphus Knopf (1922)
"General gorgas had belonged to the Association officially as a director since 1917,
... William Crawford gorgas, the son of General Josiah and Amelia Gayle ..."
3. Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: Transmitted to the by United States Dept. of State (1871)
"gorgas, Colonel. PS—Paper for making cartridges is to be sent over by first boat.
If there is none on band, send immediately to Major Huse to bny a large ..."
4. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"And General gorgas gives us to understand that our army surgeons may confidently
hope to equal or surpass the splendid record of their Canadian brethren. ..."
5. Ancient and Modern Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill by Samuel Fitch Hotchkin (1889)
"The house was built by Benjamin gorgas, Sr., the great-grandfather of the ...
Benjamin gorgas, Jr., lived here with his son Charles, who had bought the ..."
6. The Panama gateway by Joseph Bucklin Bishop (1913)
"CHAPTER XIII ACTIVE WORK UNDER COLONEL gorgas AND THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL
... By unanimous consent, Colonel William C. gorgas was the expert best fitted ..."
7. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"With their hands they tore up some of Havana, will be of interest, made their
pitifully inadequate preparations for Major \VC gorgas, the chief sanitary ..."
8. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1888)
"LV gorgas, MATRON OF THE DEFIANCE COUNTY CHILDREN'S HOME. The care and disposal
of dependent children is a subject so thoroughly practical that sentiment ..."
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