Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Report of the Department of Health of the Panama Canal: For the Year 1914
The preparation of a satisfactory smallpox vaccine was begun during the latter part of the year. This has resulted in a very material increase in the number of successful vaccinations made here, as well as reduced the cost of vaccine to the department.
The pathologic affinities of scurvy and beriberi were disclosed by the study of material from South Africa, and observations were made on infantile scurvy and infantile beriberi in two West Indian infants.
The insusceptibility of the native deer and the susceptibility of the sloth to Tr. Hi picam - the trypanosome causing a fatal disease among horses in t e Republic - was ascertained.
The subject of the physical and bacteriological behavior of germi cides in emulsion, particularly larvacide, has been pursued.
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