Archivist for the American Medical Association in Chicago, Illinois.
AMA J Ethics. 2024 Feb 1;26(2):E179-183. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.179.
At the turn of the 20th century, the physician William Gorgas led work that substantially mitigated mortality from mosquito-borne diseases among workers building the Panama Canal. The waterway launched the United States to political and economic superpower status by eliminating the need for risky maritime travel around the southern tip of South America, expediting exportation of US goods in international markets. Yet, as this article explains, innovations that curbed malaria and yellow fever were deeply rooted in racist foundations of capital and empire.
在 20 世纪之交，医生威廉·加加斯（William Gorgas）领导的工作大大降低了在建造巴拿马运河的工人中由蚊子传播的疾病的死亡率。这条水道使美国通过消除在南美洲南端进行危险的海上航行的需要，加快了美国商品在国际市场上的出口，从而使美国获得了政治和经济超级大国的地位。然而，正如本文所解释的那样，遏制疟疾和黄热病的创新深深植根于资本和帝国的种族主义基础。
