Dr. William Gorgas and his style of management against yellow fever during the construction of the Panama Canal: A historical case study

This study describes the style of management of Dr. William Gorgas as he led the public health effort to reduce diseases to a level that permitted the completion of the Panama Canal construction. Initially, Gorgas was skeptical of the mosquito vector theory. He fully accepted this theory after participating in Walter Reed’s massive cleanup of Havana, Cuba during the Spanish American War of 1898. During 1905 to 1914, Gorgas was selected to lead the sanitary effort during the construction of the Panama Canal. The lessons learned from this historical case study provide public health administrators with guidance to effectively lead current and future infectious diseases threats. Understanding styles of management within the context of disease control is essential in tackling epidemics like yellow fever and other infectious diseases. ^

Commonplace book : manuscript, 1820-1841

Written in several hands, some in red and black. Texts nos. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 are in the hand of Abdullah bin Abdulkadir.

1898 UM Alumni Football Team

The gift of black folk; the Negroes in the making of America,

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William Henry Harrison, his life and times,

Bibliography: p. 493-529.

William Butler Yeats : a catalog of an exhibition from the P. S. O'Hegarty collection in the University of Kansas Library /

"Selected references": p. [42]

Letters illustrative of the reign of William III from 1696 to 1708 : addressed to the Duke of Shrewsbury /

'Now first published from the originals.'--t.p.

Char-ee-kar and service there with the 4th Goorkha Regiment (Shah Shooja's force) in 1841 : an episode of the first Afghan War /

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William Blake : etchings from his works /

Scott's essay "William Blake": p. [3]-5; "Description of the etchings": p. 6-8.

Part I. A closing roll from Holy and Eternal Wisdom, Mother Ann, Father William and Father James, to the children of Zion : Part II. A sacred covenant of our heavenly parents, sent forth upon earth to their children, at the close of their late manifestation, (on the holy mount of God,) for the purification of Zion and the inhabitants thereof /

Text printed in two columns.

The souls of black folk : essays and sketches /

Of our spiritual strivings -- Of the dawn of freedom -- Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and others -- Of the meaning of progress -- Of the wings of Atalanta -- Of the training of black men -- Of the black belt -- Of the quest of the golden fleece -- Of the sons of master and man -- Of the faith of the fathers -- Of the passing of the first-born -- Of Alexander Crummell -- Of the coming of John -- The sorrow songs.

Report of the committee on the exhibition of acetylene generators at the Imperial Institute (opened June 15, 1898) : with seven appendixes.

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