INDEX

Agramonte, Dr., 11, 16, 41.

Albertini, Dr. Antonio, 12.

American Medical Association, interest of, in Panama sanitation, 142.

Ancon Hospital, 209, 224-234, 236-238, 241-247.

care of insane at, 242.

clinic for tropical diseases at, 238.

equipment at, 241.

eye department at, 242.

management of, 243, 244.

organized by La Garde, 229-232.

records of, under French company, 227.

researches at, 238.

services of, to Canal employees, 247.

sewage system installed at, 230.

statistics of, 247.

treatment of yellow fever at, 230-231.

Angeles, Sister Maria de los, 268.

Anopheles. See Mosquito, malarial.

Augustin, on yellow fever, 117.

Avila, Pedro Arias de. See Pedrarias.

Balboa in Panama, 132, 133, 134, 135, 168.

Bubonic plague in Panama, 271, 276-278.

Camp Columbia, yellow-fever experiments at, 19, 20, 25, 26, 30.

Camphor fumigation, 54, 55.

Carroll, Dr., on Sanarelli’s researches, 7, 11.

mosquito experiments of, 16, 19, 41.

Carter, Dr. Henry R., quarantine work of, 271.

system of, for transportation of sick in Panama, 210-212.

yellow-fever researches of, 10, 27, 28, 29.

Cemeteries in Panama, 214-217.

Chloroform, use of, against mosquitoes, 199.

Coffin story, 240.

Colon Hospital, 209.

Colon, yellow fever in, 150.

Colonization and disease, 114, 284.

Columbus in Panama, 131.

Concrete floors, as anti-plague measure, 277-278.

Cook, Dr. R. P., yellow-fever experiments of, 36.

Correspondence, Reed-Gorgas, 77-109.

Cost of sanitary measures in Panama, 148, 151, 152, 239, 240, 241.

Culebra Island, quarantine at, 271-274.

Darling, Dr. Samuel, 190, 238.

Davis, George W., General, 152.

Deeks, Dr. W. W., 238.

Dispensaries in Panama, 213, 220-223.

District physician, duties of, 212-214.

Drainage as anti-malarial measure, 184-189, 194-196, 201, 235.

Drake in Panama, 137, 163, 168, 176, 177, 178, 179.

Emergency and temporary hospitals in Panama, 210.

Emigration, effect of control of tropical disease on, 289, 293.

Finlay, Dr. Carlos, mosquito theory of, 13, 14, 27.

Flemenco Island cemetery, 215.

French Panama Canal Co., hospital service of, 224-227.

yellow fever and malaria under, 138, 149, 227.

Fumigation for yellow fever, 52, 53, 54, 55, 150, 151, 261, 263.

Garbage disposal as anti-plague measure, 278.

Gillette, Cassius E., Major 143.

Grass-cutting in anti-malarial work, 187.

Guiteras, Dr. John, 12, 41, 45, 48.

Havana, sanitary measures in, 5, 6, 56-61.

yellow fever in, 3-7, 22, 23, 41, 125.

“Her ladyship,” 43-46.

Herrick, Dr. A., 238.

Hospital system in Panama, 207-214, 223.

dispensaries in, 213-214, 220-223.

equipment in, 207-210.

medical districts in, 212-214.

transportation of sick in, 210, 211.

Hospitals, emergency and temporary, in Panama, 210.

Hygiene Congress, Gorgas, Wm. C., at, 141.

value of certificate of, 25.

Immunity, yellow-fever, 22-24, 64, 118, 119, 261-263.

Insane, care of, in Panama, 242.

Inspection. See Sanitary inspection.

International Sanitary Congress, demonstration of mosquito theory at, 48.

Kerosene oil, in anti-malarial work, 188.

in yellow-fever work, 61.

La Boca, bubonic plague in, 276.

La Crosade, Dr., 226.

La Garde, Louis A., Major, 143, 206.

organizes Ancon Hospital, 229.

Larvacide in anti-malarial work, 190-191.

Las Animas Hospital, yellow-fever experiments in, 19, 26, 41, 43, 45.

yellow-fever treatment in, 50-51.

Lazear, Dr., on Sanarelli’s researches, 11.

mosquito experiments of, 16, 19.

Leper colony in Panama, 256.

Le Prince, Joseph, anti-malarial work of, 159, 186, 198-200, 202, 203, 204.

fumigation experiments of, 55.

rat trap devised by, 277.

in Ancon Hospital, 230-231.

Lyster, Theodore C., Major, 242.

Malaria, importance of control of, to human race, 289-293.

at Ismalia, 140.

at Porto Bello, 165, 166.

preventive work in, drainage and, 183-189.

kerosene oil and, 188.

quinin dispensation and, 220.

sanitary districts organized for, 160.

screens and, 196-198.

statistics of, 73, 275.

transmission of, 219.

Malarial mosquito. See Mosquito, malarial.

Mason, Colonel, 243.

Medical districts organized in Panama, 209, 212, 213.

Medical practice, ancient and modern, 110-113.

Medical service in Panama, sanitary advantage of, 212-214.

Mosquito, malarial, at Ismalia, 141.

sanitary control of, 61, 159, 183-191, 194-196, 198-205.

yellow fever, Army board experiments on, 16-20, 26, 30-36, 38, 41-49.

breeding conditions of, 2, 56, 58, 59, 60, 192, 204, 233, 265.

fumigation and, 52, 53, 54, 55.

Mosquito, yellow fever, in Ancon Hospital grounds, 232-234.

kerosene oil, use of, and, 61.

Mosquito-catcher in anti-malarial work, 198-202.

Mosquito theory of yellow-fever transmission, 13, 14, 32, 36, 48, 157.

Mosquitoes, different species compared, 191-195.

Mount Hope cemetery, 216.

Mott, Dr. J. C., 13.

Panama, fumigation for yellow fever throughout, 150, 151.

hospital service in, 207-214, 223.

medical districts in, 209.

Sanitary Department of, 148, 153, 154.

sick rate statistics at, 280, 281.

Spanish rule in, 134-135, 168, 176-180.

yellow fever in, 136, 150.

Pedrarias in Panama, 132, 133.

Perry, Dr. James A., 265, 271, 276.

Phillips, Colonel, 244.

Pizarro in Panama, 133, 135.

Porto Bello, cemetery at, 216, 217.

commerce and fair at, 161-162, 163, 164.

malaria in, 165, 166.

Public Health Service, Board of, 10.

Pyrethrum, fumigation with, 54, 263.

Quarantine, for bubonic plague, 276.

for yellow fever in Havana, 63, 64, 72.

in Panama, 260.

Quinin, dispensation of, 220-223.

Rats, relation of, to bubonic plague, 276-278.

Reed, Dr. Walter, mosquito experiments of, 16, 19-21, 26, 30-36, 38, 41.

on Sanarelli researches, 7, 11.

Reed-Gorgas correspondence, 77-109.

Ross, Dr. John W., 35, 45, 143, 206.

Ross, Dr. Ronald, anti-malaria work of, 74, 141.

San Blas Indians, 167-174.

Sanarelli, Giuseppi, yellow-fever researches of, 7-11.

Sanarelli’s organism, Army board investigation of, 11, 12.

Sanitary Department in Panama, accounts of, 239, 241.

cemeteries under control of, 214-216.

changes in, 153, 154.

financial and moral value of, 280-284.

free medical service of, 214.

Sanitary department in Panama, organization of, 148.

undertaking and, 239-240.

Sanitary districts for anti-malarial work, 160, 182, 183.

Sanitary inspection, in Havana, fumigation for yellow fever and, 52-55.

screens and, 50-52.

water supply and, 56-62.

in Panama, drainage and, 184-195, 201.

fumigation for yellow fever and, 150, 151, 261, 263.

grass-cutting and, 183-184.

mosquito-catching and, 198-202.

screens and, 196-198.

Screens, as anti-malaria measure, 196-198.

in treatment of yellow fever, 50-51, 230, 231.

Smith, Patrick, Private, Sanarelli’s organism and, 11.

Stegomyia. See Mosquito, yellow-fever.

Sternberg, George M., General, 7, 138.

Stevens, John F., 155.

Suez Canal, sanitation at, 139, 140.

Sulphur fumigation, 53, 263.

Taboga, sanitarium at, 248, 249.

Tobacco fumigation, 55.

Transportation of sick in Panama, 210-212.

Umbrella ants at Ancon Hospital, 232-234, 236-237.

U. S. Army, sick rate in, 4, 206, 279.

Vaccination, yellow-fever, 42, 47.

Water supply, at Ancon Hospital, 229.

in Havana, and mosquito-breeding, 56, 58, 59, 60.

at Suez Canal, 140.

Wood, Gen. Leonard, 19, 40.

Yellow fever, description of, 21, 115, 122.

direct transmission of, 37-38.

effect of, on shipping, 3.

endemic areas of, 125-126, 127, 128, 270.

epidemic area of, 129, 130.

epidemics of, 1, 128, 129, 130.

experiments at Camp Columbia, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 30.

fumigation for, 52-55, 150, 151, 261, 263.

importance of control of, to human race, 289-293.

in Africa, 127.

in Brazil, 126.

incubation period for, 10, 27-30, 38.

in Ecuador, 24, 119.

Yellow fever in French Panama Canal Co., 138, 149, 227.

in Havana, 3-7, 22, 23, 41, 125.

in U. S. Army, 4.

in Vera Cruz, 3, 117, 121, 127, 128.

investigation of, by Army board, 11, 12, 16-20, 26, 30-36, 38, 41-46.

old treatment of, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70.

origin of, 117-118, 119, 120, 121, 287.

quarantine regulations for, 63, 64, 72, 260.

Sanarelli’s researches in, 7-11.

Yellow fever, ship infection cases of, 264-269.

spread of, 115, 116, 124, 125, 126, 127.

statistics of, 71, 72.

transmission of, 13, 14, 21, 27, 32-36, 37-38.

treatment of, at Ancon Hospital, 230-232, 233,234.

screens in, 50-51, 230, 231.

Yellow-fever immunity, 22-24, 64, 118, 119, 261-263.

value of certificate of, 25.

Yellow-fever mosquito. See Mosquito, yellow-fever.

Yellow-fever vaccination, 42, 47.