USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The most troublesome diseases were the mosquito-carried malaria and yellow fever. In addition, tuberculosis, cholera, diphtheria, smallpox, bubonic plague-all were cases on file at Panama hospitals in 1904. Before any work could begin, the most deadly of the problems on the isthmus had to be overcome-disease.

Detailed explanation-2: -“There is too much water, the rocks are exceedingly hard, the soil is very hilly and the climate is deadly. The country is literally poisoned, ” complained senior French engineer Adolphe Godin de Lépinay. Outbreaks of dysentery and epidemics of yellow fever and malaria decimated the workforce.

Detailed explanation-3: -Malaria continued to be a challenge throughout the entire construction program. The Panama Canal was the construction miracle of the beginning of the 20th century. It also was a great demonstration of malaria control based on an integrated mosquito control program enforced by the military. Malaria was not eliminated.

Detailed explanation-4: -All three men faced innumerable challenges, including a complex bureaucracy, pressure from American politicians, and the constant threat of yellow fever and malaria, all while planning the construction and execution of the world’s largest lock canal to date.

Detailed explanation-5: -Building the canal, however, would prove to be no easy feat as the conditions at the Isthmus were among the worst the world had to offer. Workers at the Isthmus had no choice but to work in brutal heat, rain, loud, unsanitary, and unsafe conditions often for little pay, being even lower if they were a minority.