The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16


der a .musquito net at night. The yellow
fever patients of the hospitals are kept
Einsidess wire cages /, In rooms. the VIM
5dows and doors of which are covered with
wire netting, and every house which has
the yellow feverglls disinf cted H Indeed,
tho who'll lcity Of Panama Is being gradu-
ally thus, treated. HI daily pass through
street nfteE street, the houses d OF Whlc q:
#show3sthe marks OF disinfeotion by the
their DOORS and swindo W. cracks before
sfumignting. h The 2 other day q yellow
fever case developed n In the Grand Cen
trail Hotel at Panama. This Is the big
gest hotel on the Isthmus.a Every room
Of that hotel had to DE, fumigated in con-
sequence. This 4disgusted many Of the
lady guests, as 1t necessit ia ted their NOV
( ing out for the day and endangered the
beauty Of their clothes. III n
Indeed, I am surprised that he -Ameri-
can women here show so little fear Of
yellow Jack. We have receptions and
dinners just rs you do In the United
States. and ut tho dinners tho ladies
appear In low-necls dresses with their
arms and shoulders bare, thus giving the
mosquitoes a better chance to feast. So
far I have not noticed tho odor$ of citro-
nella about one Of these decollete dresses.
Malaria Is Common.
There is this difference between malaria
and yellow fever. The man who has vel
low fever and gets we'll need not feqr
having 1t in the future. The malaria
patient may be attacked again and again,
but the disease Is seldom fatal. Malaria
ssuccumbs quickly to Quinine and It VIII
be greatly redu by wipinG out the NOS
5qultoes. 5S
larIal germs In tho blood or 70 per cent.
4 of the Panama people, Onofof our doctors
on the canal zone has a passion for In.
Evestlgating such matters. he grabs every
man he meets. American or native, and
takes drop OF blood out of his ear.
He analyses the blood, and In seven
cases out of every ton he finds mnlarlal
bacteria, In some of the natives the
blood Is so infected that they nre Just
able to crawl about A good course Of
@a,inIne, however, usually clean. up their
systems and makes them we'll again,
Another doctor examined forty-four chill
Edren or a school at ,Bolio and found twell-
isty-nlne to have malaria organisms y
their blood, TIe gave each Of these chill
dran six grains Of Auinlnc at night ana
morning for ten days, and then tnpped
their ears for second examln nation, Az
this time only FIVE were found to nave
malaria. In other words. by that course
Of ounine he cured twenty-fonr out Of
This work OF the doctors is going on
among all tho employees Of the canal and
other natives Of the zone. The health
organization Is excellent, end u Con-
gress is moro liberal In Its appropr!a tons
the wiplng out of the various diseases
will be even more rapid than u 49,
Our Hospitals at Panama,
Tho hospitals here Viii soon be among
the finest OF their kind. Tho French spent
enormous sums in putting IN buildings
for Tho care Of the sick, both a. Coon
and at Ancon on tho edge of this city.
Ther buildings were in had repair Mt
the time we took hold, but the supervising |;
architect has taken charge OF them, ana
tbeyare now In excellent lcondit ton, the
French hospital at Colon Is built on con-
crete foundations, upon q coral reef out
over the sea, The patients can walk
down tho steps right into the sea. and the
salt water breezes blow freely all the
year through. This hospital has about
0Dlbeds, and there are more In the PAN
anna RAILROAD tIospltai nearby
AtAncon there are already hve, hhnured
beds. md tho ARRANGEMENTS are suoh that
& Ii Viii be possible to increase these 20 seY-