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Diseases during the building of the Panama canal

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08/19/09 04:06

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Diseases during the building of the Panama canal

Tropical diseases were common during the building of the Panama Canal. That, along with engineering problems, seemed to halt the pace of its construction. Common diseases were majorly malaria and yellow fever.

Governments tried all they could to contain these diseases but even the French had not been successful as their efforts to build the cin the 1880s were thrawted. These two diseases incapacitated the workers and led to about 20, 000 of them dying hence the French abandoned their goal in 1889.

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