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What disease killed workers of the panama canal?
Malaria and Yellow Fever killed most workers.
What problems were there building the Panama Canal?
Yellow fever & malaria.
How do they treat malaria and yellow fever in the panama canal today?
They treat panama can A l bad
How did Colonel William C Gorgas make the canal zone safe for the workers?
He controlled the amount of mosquitos that were in the Panama Canal Zone which caused disease such as malaria and yellow fever.
What dangers did the workers face during building the Panama Canal?
There were normal dangers of construction. They had heavy machinery moving about, the danger of large mud and dirt slides caving in on them. One big difficulty was malaria. Many workers died of yellow fever.
What diseases killed most of the men who worked on the Panama Canal?
Malaria and Yellow fever
What were the two worst diseases that killed Panama Canal workers?
The Panama Canal workers suffered from deadly endemic diseases. These were known as yellow fever and malaria. These diseases practically disabled many and killed at least 20k workers in the 1880's.
Who won the battle against the mosquito in the panama canal zone?
Dr. William Gorgas conducted experiments on mosquito transmission of yellow fever . He was sent to Panama in 1904 and he eradicated yellow fever from the Canal Zone and brought malaria under control, winning the battle against mosquitoes.
What steps were taken to solve the outbreaks of yellow fever and malaria during the construction of the Panama Canal.?
Quinine
What two diseases were passed around well the Panama Canal was being built?
Yellow fever and malaria 👩🏻
How did yellow fever play a role in the building of the Panama canal?
how did yellow fever play a role in the Panama Canal
What is the Panama Canal's land-form?
the panama canal was built on tropical land! where there was a ton of mosquito's that colonel William GGorgas made a plot to stop them and their yellow fever and malaria!
