“My dear Gorgas, Instead of being simply satisfied to make friends and draw your pay, it is worth doing your duty, to the best of your ability, for duty’s sake; and in doing this, while the indolent sleep, you may accomplish something that will be of real value to humanity. Your good friend, Reed Dr. Walter Reed encouraging Dr. William Gorgas who went on to make history eradicating Yellow Fever in Havana, 1902 and Panama, 1906, liberating the entire North American continent from centuries of Yellow Fever epidemics.” FriendshipLeadershipDutyEncouragementMedicineLoyaltyGreat MenTeamworkHuman ConditionHeroesEncouragement QuotesDiligenceDoing The Right ThingEpidemicsPublic HealthMosquitoesPerserveranceEbolaFriendship True And LoyalComradeshipDisease ControlMedical HistoryYellow FeverMalaria EradicationPerserverance QuotesYellow Fever EradicationWalter Reed Book:Sanitation in Panama Source: Sanitation in Panama
“The case which I reported on September 26, 1901, was really the last which occurred in Havana. Of course we did not know it at the time, but this case marked the first conquest of yellow fever in an endemic center; the first application of the mosquito theory to practical sanitary work in any disease.” SuccessMedicineGreat MenHeroesPublic HealthMosquitoesSanitationDisease ControlMedical HistoryVictoriesYellow FeverMalaria EradicationYellow Fever EradicationMosquito Eradication Book:Sanitation in Panama Source: Sanitation in Panama
“Fortunately for the cause of science and of humanity, we had as Governor-General of Cuba at that time General Leonard Wood, of the United States Army. General Wood had been educated as a physician, and had a very proper idea of the great advantages which would accrue to the world if we could establish the fact that yellow fever was conveyed by the mosquito, and his medical training made him a very competent judge as to the steps necessary to establish such fact. General Wood during the whole course of the investigations took the greatest interest in the experiments, and assisted the Board in every way he could.” LeadershipVisionTeamworkCooperationHeroesQuality Of LifePublic HealthMosquitoesSupporting OthersDisease ControlMedical HistoryYellow FeverMalaria EradicationYellow Fever EradicationVector ControlLeonard WoodU S ArmyGeneral Leonard WoodMedical Discoveries Book:Sanitation in Panama Source: Sanitation in Panama