Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-10
GORGAS TELLS ABOUT
PROBLEMS AT CANAL
Sanitary Engineer at Panama Ex-
plains Conditions There to
Georgetown Clinic.

Two hundred members and guests of
the Georgetown Clinical Society heard
Surgeon General Gorgas. Z. S. A.. ex-
plain some of the sanitary problems en-
countered by him and his force in the
construction of the Panama canal. dur
ing the course of an illustrated lecture
AT the University Club last night
Gen Gorgas in his talk took the audi
ence from one end of the canal to the
other. showed the condition of a large
portion of the country before the sani-
tary engineers drained it, drove out the
deadly mosquito and made fever a
ity He dwelt upon the importance of
drainage and ditching, and showed many
pictures of this particular feature.
Surgeon General w. C. Braisted and
Surgeon General Rupert Blue attended
the lecture as guests of honor officers of
the Georgetown Clinical Society. mem
bers and other guests included:
DR. K. Y. Sullivan. president: DIR. j. c.
blackstone. vice president DR.. j. Russell
Nerbrycke. jr.. secretary treasurer DIR.
Roy ID. Adams. DR.. Scott d. Breckenridge
Or. Caryl Burbank. DR.. John Constas
James A. Gannan. DIR. Ralph Hamilton
D. G. +. Healy. DR. William Hough.
Or. Eward p Larkin, DR.. r. NJ. lie Comte.
Or. Thomas Lowe. DR.. L. A. Martel DR.. J.
w. .ao.si' II .'oseph Munaeii' 1T nom
as Neill. DR.. S. Logan Owens, Dr. Muir
ray Russell. DR.. r. n. Sutton. DR.. r. h.
Walker and DIR. Prentiss Wilson.
DR. S. S. Adams. Capt. Mahlon Ash
ford, Or; L: NJ, Babendrier, DR.. Frank
Raker. DR.. Noble p. Barnes. DR.. w. NJ.
Bayne. DR. Charles NJ. Beal DR.. f. &.
Behrend, DR. \. b. Bennett DIR. J. Z.
Biggs. DIR. Dan L. Borden. DR.. j. Wesley
Rovee. Dr. Sinclair Bowen. Dr. F. w
Janr Rrar L in rio tr.. TNr T1hy T.,
Rrisroe. DR.. 3. f. Byrnes. Or. K. .. Car
michael. DR. De Witt c. Chadwick, Sena-
tor George f Chamberlain. DR.. Harry
chappelear. Capt \. c Christie, Dr. G.
w. Coe, DR.. Thomas X. Conrad. DIR. Rich
ard Cook. Levi Cooke. DR.. Edgar Cope
land DR.. Carl G. Corley, II. D. Champion.
DR. II. J. Crosson, DIR. NJ. +. Cuthbert, Dr..
DR.. Ryan DevereuN, Mr.. De Zapp. Rev.
Donlan. DIR. John Dunlop. Dr. Lewis
Ecker, DIR. Edward H. Egbert, DR.. Henry
Elliot. DIR. w. G. Erving, F. A. Fennins.
Lieut.. F. II. Foucar. Dr II. A. Fowler.
DIR. W. \. Frankland, DR.. H. D. Fry. Col.
Charles NJ. Candy, DIR. Charles l.. Candy.
F. s. Cannon. F. S. Cannon. jr.. 6. F.
Cannon. Gwynn Gardiner. DR.. A. Y. P.
son. Lieut. Col. James ID. Glennan. Or.
Il. Gluick. Judge Ashley NJ. Gould. Or.
James Green. Thomas A. Green, Gil
bert Grosvenor; Or. William 6.
Mr. George f. Hamilton Dr. Charles NJ.
Hammett. DR.. B. L. Hardin, DR.. Edwin
Hasbrouck. DR.. Carl Henning, Mr.. Her
Hooe. DR.. A. F. Hopkins Mr.. William
Hughes. DIR. Howard Hume, DIR. a. l..
Hunt. DIR. Harry HURT. DR.. William A.
Jack. DR.. Virgil B. Jackson. Mr.. Charles
Thomas Kelley. jr.: Or. Harry Kerr. Dr..
J. J. kilroy, DR.. Arthur II. kimball. Or.
King, Dr. George NJ. Kober. DIR. W. f..
II. Krechting. Mr.. James 0. La Gorce.
bert Dr. Thomas S. Lee DR., Frank
Leech. DR.. D. Olin Leech, DR.. Louis G.
Lehr. Or. II. L. Lewis DR. Charles r.
Luce. Maj. William J. Lvster, DIR. Louis
Mackall DR.. a. NJ. Macnamee. DR.. Nc
Cormick. Lieut. Col c. c. McColloch, jr,;
DR., Q. A Mckimmie DR.. j. J. Madigan.
Or. NJ. Darcy Magee DR.. Charles Mar
bury. DR.. Collins Marshall. Senator
James F.. MARITIME DR.. A. ~ Melloy. DR..
J. H. Metzerott DR.. C. Brown Miller.
Maj. r. B. Miller Dr., James F. Mitchell,
Dr. John F. Moran DIR. E. l.. Morgan,
Or. William Gerry Morgan. Rev. J. ;.
Moser. DR.. William r. Moulden. Dr. T. ID.
Mudd, DR. u. D. Mulcahy, DIR. 5. B. Nun
caster. DR.. j. Ramsay hewitt, DR.. W. 5.
Newell, Commissioner O. P. Newman,
Capt. II. J. Nichols. DR.. Upton D. Nourse.
Dr. John O'Donoghue. Dr. Harry A. Ons
Or. w. C. Orr. Dr. Edward NJ. Parker
ker Or. Truman Parker, Dr. William
f. Passer. DR.. H. A. Polkinhorn
Or. II. NJ Price. DR.. n A. Pyles. Dr..
& NJ. Randolph. Dr. r. G. Ransdell.
DR.. Edward IA. Reede. DR. W. p Reeves,
DR.. l.. II. Reichelderfer. DR. r w
Reisinger. Col. Charles Richards. DR. e.
w. Richardson. DIR. J. J. Richardson Dr.
J. Lewis Risgies. DR.. Joseph D. Rogers
DR. Philip S. Roy. DIR. George
NJ. Ruffin. Or. Sterling Ruffin, Mai.
+. F. Russell. DR.. Edwin Sch
neder DR.. H. K. Schreiber Dr.
James r. Scott, DR.. Sidney Scott Repre-
sentative Thomas l. Scully. DR. Jesse
Shoup. DR.. G. A. Simpson DR. John
Smallwood. DR. Elmer Sothoron DR. W
+. Sewers. DR.. w. ]. Stanton Dr. A.
l.. Stavely Serst Clarence Stimmel.
Medical Director Stokes. DR.. l. S. Stone