Health measures during the construction of the Panama Canal happened in 1904.
There were a couple of diseases that came across Panama while the canal was being constructed. Both Malaria and Yellow Fever were present during construction and were spread by mosquitos.
Controlled mosquito-borne diseases during the construction of the Panama Canal. Later served as Surgeon General of the US Army
Theodore Roosevelt
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It tremendously reduced the travel time between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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France started the construction of the Panama Canal but failed.
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