igth March, 1913. 



Professor Lindsay, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., President, 

 in the Chair. 



A TRIP TO THE PANAMA CANAL. 



By Mr. J. Milne Barbour, M.A., D.L. 



{Abstract). 

 The Chairman said that night they were to have a lecture 

 on a subject of quite exceptional interest, and more especially at 

 the present time — a subject that made its appeal to the engineer, 

 the sanitarian, people engaged in commerce, and all concerned 

 for the promotion of human intercourse. The Panama Canal 

 was one of the greatest enterprises that man had ever attempted, 

 and which was now progressing to a triumphant issue. They 

 were very much indebted to Mr. Barbour for so kindly consenting 

 to lecture to them on this subject, and he (the Chairman) was 

 sure they would listen to him with a great deal of interest, 

 pleasure, and profit. 



Mr. Barbour, who was cordially received, began by 

 referring to the circumstances which led to his visiting the 

 Panama Canal towards the end of last year. He said during his 

 visits to the United States he heard a good deal about the 

 construction of the Canal, and his interest in it increased 

 until he at last made up his mind to go and see it 

 while the work of construction was in progress. The mere 

 work of constructing a canal was apt to convey to the 

 mind a conglomeration of shovels, drills, dredgers, dynamite, 

 dams, and dirt, but in the case of the Panama Canal even 



