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Physician to the World: The Life of General William C. Gorgas

Physician to the World: The Life of General William C. Gorgas

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Physician to the World: The Life of General William C. Gorgas

by Gibson, John M

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Durham: Duke University Press, 1950. Biography of the military physician best-known for his controversial work abating mosquitoes, malaria, and yellow fever in Panama, Florida, & Cuba, allowing the safer completion of the Panama Canal. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; jacket rubbed with a few chips & scratches; rubberstamp of Harvard sociologist David Riesman on free endsheet. Text clean; ix, blank, 315 pages; index, bibliography, 6 b/w plates as called for. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

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Bookseller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
v0728
Title
Physician to the World: The Life of General William C. Gorgas
Author
Gibson, John M
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Duke University Press
Place of Publication
Durham
Date Published
1950
Size
Octavo
Keywords
Biography, Epidemiology, Yellow Fever, Malaria, Military Medicine, Panama Canal

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