Gorgas Hospital was a U.S. Army hospital in Panama City, Panama, named for Army Surgeon General William C. Gorgas (1854—1920). Built on the site of an earlier (1882) French hospital called L'Hospital Notre Dame de Canal, it was originally (1904) christened Ancon Hospital by …

Dec 11, 2019 · Dr. William Gorgas with a hospital in Panama in the background. Gorgas eradicated yellow fever there in two years after implementing practical solutions like installing home mosquito nets and removing standing water.

Feb 24, 2017 · In March 1904, the buildings of L’Hopital Central du Panama were acquired from the French by the US government through its Isthmian Canal Commission. Colonel William C. Gorgas was made the first sanitary officer of the Canal Zone and immediately sought to improve the aging and abandoned facility.

Jan 9, 2024 · This collection contains a partial index to the mortuary's registers of military personnel, canal employees and canal zone civilians processed through the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary. Acquired from the National Archives "Access to Archival Databases" (AAD).

Gorgas Hospital was operated by the Army and helped people throughout the Canal Zone. The Index to Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Records was compiled from the mortuary's death registers and lists the deaths of Panama Canal Commission employees, U.S. …

Photo, Print, Drawing Gorgas Hospital, Southwest of Gorgas Road, Balboa Heights, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ Ancon Hospital

A PROPER RECONNAISSANCE of the zone begins with the old Gorgas Hospital on Ancon Hill, just west of Panama City and contiguous with the town of Balboa. At this hospital, a native Alabaman named William C. Gorgas brought yellow fever and malaria under control.

The Panama Canal Zone (Spanish: Zona del Canal de Panamá), also simply known as the Canal Zone, was a concession of the United States located in the Isthmus of Panama that existed from 1903 to 1979.

It was noted for the Gorgas Hospital for tropical diseases, named for Col. William Crawford Gorgas (U.S. Army surgeon who eradicated yellow fever from what was then the Canal Zone); the hospital closed and became a clinic.

Gorgas Hospital was a U.S. Army hospital in Panama City, Panama, named for Army Surgeon General William C. Gorgas (1854–1920). Built on the site of an earlier (1882) French hospital called L'Hospital Notre Dame de Canal, it was originally (1904) christened Ancon Hospital by …