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2 unusual facts about Gorgas


Gorgas

Josiah Gorgas (1818–1883), a Confederate General and later President of the University of Alabama

William C. Gorgas (1854-1920), a United States Army officer and physician known for fighting tropical disease


Gorgas machine gun

The Gorgas machine gun (or sometimes just a Gorgas gun) was a manually cranked prototype machine gun, the creation of Confederate States General Josiah Gorgas.

Theodore C. Lyster

After the death of Dr Gorgas, Lyster carried on his work with the Rockefeller Foundation (1920–24) of eliminating yellow fever from Mexico and Central America.

William C. Gorgas

William Crawford Gorgas KCMG (October 3, 1854 – July 3, 1920) was a United States Army physician and 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army (1914–1918).


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