William Crawford Gorgas Papers 1857-1919 (bulk 1904-1913)

Mitchell, Silas Weir, 1829-1914

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qg9m01 (person)

Silas Weir Mitchell was a Philadelphia physician and author. After graduating from medical school, he studied in Europe, joined his father's practice, and ran Turner's Lane Hospital in Philadelphia during the Civil War, becoming the preeminent American neurologist of his generation. In addition to numerous medical papers and texts, he published popular novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. Born on 15 Feb. 1829, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a son of physician John Kear...

Doughty, William Lamplough

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d81d2j (person)

Keen, W. W. (William Williams), 1837-1932.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67h3kgm (person)

Gorgas, William Crawford, 1854-1920

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d79dw0 (person)

William Crawford Gorgas, an authority in the control of yellow fever, worked as sanitation expert in the preparation and construction of the Panama Canal. He was instrumental in the investigation and control of yellow fever in Cuba, Central and South America, and Africa. Gorgas was appointed Surgeon General of the United States Army January 1914. From the description of William Crawford Gorgas papers, 1912-1937. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244484754 A m...

Plummer, G. R. (George R.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64g3s84 (person)

Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp5f85 (person)

General and Chief of Ordnance for the Confederate States Army; later, president of the University of Alabama. From the description of Extracts from my notes written chiefly soon after the close of the war, [ca. 1865]. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29452282 Born in Dauphin County, Pa., Josiah Gorgas graduated from West Point in 1841 and was assigned to the ordnance corps. He served in the Mexican-American War and was promoted to captain in 1855. In 1853, he mar...

Bevans, James L. (James Lung), 1869-1944

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cs7wsw (person)

Stevens, George T. (George Thomas), 1832-1921

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69314z7 (person)

Stevens was a butcher in Queen Street, Melbourne. From the description of Business records. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225791638 ...

Rockefeller Foundation. Yellow Fever Commission

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65n1fq3 (corporateBody)

United States. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km312r (corporateBody)

The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Schilling, Claus Karl, 1871-1946

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64007rt (person)

McCulloch, C. C. (Champe Carter), 1869-1928

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vt2phm (person)

Guiteras, John, 1852-1925

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p84f6c (person)

Ferris, F. A. (Frank A.), -1918

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64290gf (person)

Doughty, William M. (William McDowell), 1881-1944

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60q32kn (person)

Gorgas family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69q52mn (family)

Sternberg, George Miller, 1838-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66d6qd5 (person)

Born at Hartwick Seminary, Otsego County, New York, on June 8, 1838, George Miller Sternberg received a medical degree from the Maryland College of Physicians in 1860. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon, United States Army, on May 28, 1861; Captain, May 28, 1866; Major (Surgeon), December 1, 1873; Lieutenant Colonel (Surgeon), January 12, 1891, Brigadier General, Surgeon General, May 30, 1893; and retired from the Army on June 8, 1902. During the Civil War, he began his service with the Army of ...

Barbour, Thomas, 1884-1946

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ht2r9n (person)

Barbour (1884-1946) graduated from Harvard in 1906 and taught zoology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Thomas Barbour, 1905-1935 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972958 ...

Bowles, James Ten Broeck

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hz3fn5 (person)

Carter, Henry Rose, 1852-1925

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x64j63 (person)

Born in Caroline County, Virginia, Carter received his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1879, the same year he joined the U.S. Marine Hospital Service. He rose to the rank of assistant surgeon general at large, in 1915. During his career Carter studied the epidemiology of malaria and yellow fever and became renowned as the developer of maritime quarantine. From the description of Henry Rose Carter papers, 1899-1966. (National Library of Medicine). ...

Finlay, Carlos Juan 1833-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s75z36 (person)

Keen, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1932

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f19086 (person)

Surgeon of Philadelphia. From the description of Letter, 1864, Jan. 27 : Philadelphia, to Dr. Brinton. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34847965 William Williams Keen (1837-1932) was a prominent neurological pathologist from Philadelphia, and the first brain surgeon in the United States. Keen gained national attention for his then-secret surgery performed on President Grover Cleveland in 1893. From the description of William Williams Keen's material related...

Confederate states of America. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fn4wfh (corporateBody)

The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...