The Triumph of American Medicine in the Construction of the Panama Canal
The Triumph of American Medicine in the Construction of the Panama Canal
Mears, J. Ewing (James Ewing), 1838-1918
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Resi- dences particularly are screened, the rustless wire (copper) being employed for this purpose. Not only are the doors and windows protected, but the porches, including first and second story, are securely enclosed. On first view, the appearance is novel, and quite suggestive of huge bird cages. The assured safety thus given dissipates any feeling that the inmates are unwilling occu- pants of the apparent houses of detention. The known part taken by the fly, the common house fly, in transpo...rting germs of diseases makes it a source of grave danger, Hosted by Google Hosted by Google MEARS: THE TRIUMPH OP AMERICAN MEDICINE 1 5 and provokes measures of protection against its existence. These measures consist in supplying all buildings of the Commission with range closets, water, and sewer connections. The pit closets in the native villages are, so far as possible, made fly-proof, and are disinfected weekly by a solution of larvacide to prevent fly- breeding. By this means of prevention the fly becomes a "rara avis" within the Zone limits, and is very much less in number than in the villages and towns of our country.
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