Hospitals & Asylums
Chapter 8 Gorgas Hospital
§301 Ancon Hospital to be known as
Gorgas Hospital
In recognition of his distinguished services to humanity
and as a fitting perpetuation of the name and memory of Major General William
Crawford Gorgas, the Government hospital within the Canal Zone, near the City
of Panama, known prior to March 24, 1928, as the Ancon Hospital, shall after
such date be known and designated on the public records as the Gorgas Hospital.
(Mar. 24, 1928, ch. 240, §1, 45
Stat. 365; For definition of Canal Zone see section 3602(b) of Title 22,
Foreign Relations and Intercourse)