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Show j HER LIFE NEVER DULL "It is bingular," said Mrs. William G. Gorgas, wife of Brigadier General Gorgas, chief of the medical corps of the United States army and famous : all over the world as the man who made conditions possible for the : achievement of the Panama canal, . "what a prominent part yellow fever : has played in rny life! It even figured fig-ured in my courtship! "I was visiting at Fort Brown, ; Texas, when I was a young miss, and .. was suddenly taken with yellow fever. ! At that time General Gorgas was treating and studying fever cases at the same place. He, himself, became ill, and it was during our convales-,. convales-,. cence that our romance begun. "From then on General Gorgas ' specialized to a great extent on yel-u yel-u low fever, and gave his attention to-" to-" ward its prevention in places w:here it had become a chronic malady. His ie assignments in the service have been " to regions where he might continue As. - x to carry on his battle against it, and as I look back over my life it appears to ' mo that yellow fever stalks rather vividly alongside many of my experiences." e'. Mrs. Gorgas is planning to spend the next four years in Washington, as General Gorgas' assignment to duty in the war department makes possible their residence in the capital." o , |