Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-07-30

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ton OF infected persons in the hos.
pitfalls helps a lot. for OF course the
mosquito cannot carry melaria until
II has bitten a malarious person.
Rats, that carry the bubonic plague,
and flies. that transmit various other
diseases. have received adequate at
tention from the sanitary depart.
ment, and dumb brutes are not neg.
lected As an instance OF the latter
fact, every horse and mule in the
zone must be placed at night In one
OF series OF corrals established by
the department and there II Is fed
and cared for. the owner paying a
reasonable fixed charge for the serv.
ice. These animals. II left out, often
are attacked by a disease that is In,
fectious and may be transmitted to
human beings. Besides that. the ma.
tive cannot be persuaded to keep his
stable In sanitary condition.
Many other sanitary regulations
are imposed on the people of the
isthmus. All garbage must be de
posted In receptacles to be collected
by the departments wagons and
burned In its crematories Chickens
may not be kept within a certain dis
lance of any dwelling. Rain water
may not be gathered and kept in
open receptacles That last rule IL
not easy TO enforce, for the Panaman.
ian prefers rain water for drinking
purposes. But all these are for the
general good, and the United States
has the treaty right to attend to the
sanitation of Panama and Colon as
we'll as Of the zone. (
In addition to the two great hos.
pitfalls at Ancon and Colon, the depart,
ment of sanitation maintains a dis.
pensary with physician and nurse at
every town along the route of the
canal and at Porto Bello, where the
commission has a big stone quarry
The larger hospital, on Ancon hill
close to Panama, in the spring of the
year had about 900 patients. Its
wards and the residences of the
physicians and nurses are scattered
picturesquely though rather incon-
veniently on the east and north
slopes of the beautiful hill, and the
grounds are filled with magnificent
trees and lovely towering vines and
bushes. A little further around the
hill is the hospital for the insane,
and it, too, is we'll filed, for the ia.
maican and Barbadian negroes go
5razy at the slightest provocation.
In Colon, stretching along the sea
shore in the only pretty part of that
fiat city, is the other hospital, smaller
but no less efficient and we'll manned
than that at Ancon, It's grounds are
swept continually by the refreshing
winds from the Atlantic and many of
its wards are built out over the wa.
ter. Both hospitals are served by
corps of physicians and surgeons
mostly rather young, but able, ambi
tious and studious. Among them are
a number of army and navy surgeons
, These men are acquiring invaluable
I experience and not a few of them
l have been called away to positions Of
t great responsibility and high remun
| Grafton.
Y One mighty good thing the French
!. company did was to establish a SAM
< tarium on Taboga island, and the
Americans, recognizing its value
e promptly reopened it for the benefit
3 of white convalescents. These may
a remain on the pretty island for two
5 weeks, paying 50 a day for room
. board and medical attention.
l Taboga lies twelve miles due south
! of Panama and is as attractive trop
r ical isle as one will often See. Its
a curving white beaches in little bays
are ideal bathing places; its lofts
: hills, clad with dense vegetation az
s ford occupation for the climber ant
e the small fishing village Of Taboga Is
+ ancient and not uninteresting. Cor
geous birds and flowers and luscious
e fruits are everywhere. Nothing more
perfectly beautiful can De Imagined
!, than an evening on the grassy slope.
), of the sanitarium grounds A myriac
g stars glitter overhead, the Southern
J. Cross and Campus swinging abov,
}, the southern horizon. In the fores
g night birds sing and a variety of ire,
|, locust sends forth a clear, musica
S note that can be heard a mile. In thu
It little public square Of the village tn,
Q native women and children are laugh
a ing and singing as the men set fort
3 on all-night fishing trips And off t
l. the north, this size Of the glow o
2, Panama, wink the light buoys of tn
II canals sea channel.
If If in later years Taboga does no
e become a favorite winter resort 70
wealthy Americans, shall miss m
n guess.
& Woman Heads Flock Of Geese.