FIRST -- Investigations into the scourge of Yellow Fever -- Fort Brown, Brownsville TX
N 25° 53.920 W 097° 29.531
14R E 651038 N 2865330
The first US Army investigations into Yellow fever started here at the Fort Brown Post Hospital in 1882, when Army Assistant Surgeon 1Lt William Gorgas was struck by, then recovered from, Yellow Fever.
Waymark Code: WMPDQT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2015
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A small bronze plaque on the front of the Main Building of Texas Southmost College, near the entrance to the Office of the President, attests to important work that started here in 1882, and eventually led to the eradication of the scourge of Yellow Fever for the world.
The marker reads as follows:
Future Major General in the US Army, and Surgeon General of the United States, William Gorgas started his investigations of Yellow Fever as an Army First Lieutenant stationed at Fort Brown in 1882.
"WILLIAM CRAWFORD GORGAS
1854-1920
In this building, formerly the Post Hospital, in August 1882, Major General William Crawford Gorgas, Surgeon General of the United States, the First Lieutenant Assistant Surgeon first studied Yellow Fever.
Largely through General Gorgas’ work, the cause and prevention of Yellow fever were discovered.
Placed by the Brownsville Historical Association
December, 1948"
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 08/01/1882
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